Duck River gains stronger protections in settlements between state, conservation groups • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee regulators will tighten utility licensing requirements to withdraw water from the Duck River, according to the settlement agreement released Tuesday. There is a maintenance group I’m seeking protection For the River – Host The largest species of creatures North American freshwater rivers – for years. The Duck River provides water to an estimated 250,000 […]
As Violent Venezuelan Gang Plagues US, Biden DHS Issues Deportation Protections For Migrants From … Venezuela
The Biden administration has introduced deportation protections for about 1 million foreign nationals in the United States, including hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that more than 900,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will be granted an 18-month extension to enroll. announced on friday. The major developments, just days […]
Gov. Newsom signs bills offering AI protections for actors
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed two bills that strengthen protections for actors' digital publicity rights, addressing concerns raised during last year's Hollywood walkouts led by actors union SAG-AFTRA. One of the bills, AB 1836, would prohibit and impose penalties on the creation and distribution of digital replicas of deceased people without the permission of […]
Alabama Legislature Passes IVF Protections Bill
The Alabama House and Senate passed a bill Thursday protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the Supreme Court reportedly ruled last Friday that frozen embryos are “children outside the womb.” did. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that embryos destroyed during in vitro fertilization, in which eggs are fertilized and transferred to women with fertility […]
7 Things: IVF protections and school choice are closer to reality; Biden/Trump roll in Michigan; and more …
7. Storming the court or field after an upset win is a tradition on college campuses, and the NCAA wants to end it after injuries. Alabama Athletics coach Greg Byrne has a surefire idea to stop the storm after the big win. That's stealing victory. 6. Before the explosion outside Attorney General Steve Marshall's office, […]
Opinion: A carve out could wreck California coastal protections
If California's coast is a state asset worth trillions of dollars, and in fact, why is the state agency that has been protecting that asset for 50 years under attack? There is no basis for the answer “Yes.” But California's extraordinary history of coastal protection is at greater risk today in the halls of the […]
Department Of Education Rule To Enshrine Protections For ‘Gender Identity’ Heads To White House
A policy codifying protections for “transgender” students and changing schools' responses to sexual misconduct on campus was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review on Friday, according to a government website. . The policy unravels former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' Title IX rules that ordered schools to conduct cross-examinations and live […]
Prescott Valley Police Awarded Grant to Expand Protections
open audio article player To staff | upon July 21, 2023 Prescott Valley Police Department Article audio is made possible by the CAST11 Prescott Podcast Network. Talking Glass Media work. The Prescott Valley Police received $257,000 in grants from the State of Arizona for its Human Trafficking, Terrorist, and Illegal Drugs Interdiction Program. Arizona Governor […]
Vital protections or fed overreach? Hundreds gather at Flagstaff meeting on Grand Canyon monument proposal
More than 200 people turned out at the Doubletree Ballroom in Flagstaff on Tuesday as local and tribal leaders, conservation groups and northern Arizona residents spoke out about the proposed creation of the new Burj Nwabjo Ita Kukuveni Grand Canyon National Monument. Speakers came from as far away as Yuma and southern Utah to make […]
17 years after being dropped from endangered list, tiny pygmy owl gains new protections
More than 17 years after developers filed a lawsuit to remove federal protection from the cactus iron pygmy owl of the Tucson area, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is back in action to protect the tiny desert owl. Federal officials added the pygmy owl to the endangered species list on Wednesday, ruling that the […]