Refuge

Family Flees Florida Amid Restrictive Transgender Healthcare Laws, Finds Refuge and New Beginnings in Illinois

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Carbondale, IL – In the quaint college town of Carbondale, Illinois, flags symbolizing inclusivity flutter in the breeze, providing respite and a new beginning for many like Casey and Jamie, a couple compelled to flee their Florida home in response to a string of state-led legal actions limiting transgender rights and healthcare. For families affected by such legislation, the migration is not merely relocation but a search for liberty and safety, evoking the grim necessity the couple faced to safeguard their familial love and personal identities. In March of the previous year, while wrapping up … Read more

Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit to Halt Trail Construction in Plutonium-Contaminated Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

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Denver, Colorado – Physicians for Social Responsibility and five Colorado advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and four federal agencies to halt work on a trail through Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The lawsuit alleges violations of the National Environmental Policy Act by the U.S. departments of Transportation and the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Federal Highway Administration. The groups claim that these agencies did not consider alternatives to constructing an 8-mile greenway through the most heavily plutonium-contaminated area of the refuge. … Read more