WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $3.6 million in grants to restore mined lands and implement wildlife-focused forest and grazing practices in the Cumberland Plateau region of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.  This year's grants will more than double last year's impact. This includes $3.3 million in matching contributions from gran  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: Today, a group of Alabama students and educators in higher education filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 129 (SB129) - a censorship bill that impedes their ability to learn, teach, and engage in public university classes and programs related to diverse viewpoints and topics. These topics include certain matters concerning race, racism, sexism, homophobia, structural ine  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, and Alaska Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Hawaii Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation * * * New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weak gun violence pre  more