WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from 23 attorneys general: * * * To: The Honorable Miguel A. Cardona, Ph.D. Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20202 CC: Linda McMahon, Nominee for Secretary of Education Re: Comment by States of Missouri, Kansas, and 21 other States on Student Debt Relief for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direc more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from National Consumer Law Center and 17 collaborators: * * * To: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202 Re: Legal Aid Comments in Response to Proposed Rules on Student Debt Relief Based on Hardship--Docket ID ED-2023-OPE-0123; RIN 1840-AD95 * * * These comments, submitted on behalf of organizations  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD, 20852 United States of America RE: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-3653, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Promotion o more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Today the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), legislation to improve the nation's ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of the nation's water resources infrastructure. The measure approved today is the House A more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley from a Dec. 4, 2024, hearing entitled "Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the Committee: thank you for inviting me to testify today on how crypto and blockchain technology are shaping the future of finance. I wanted to give a special thank you to Chairman McHenr more PR

HAMMOND, Indiana, Dec. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: A federal court in Hammond, Indiana, unsealed an indictment today charging Guan Tianfeng, a citizen of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for his involvement in a conspiracy to hack indiscriminately into firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Guan and his co-conspirators worked at the offices of Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co. Ltd. to di more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today funding for nine projects that demonstrate promising local arts and cultural approaches for addressing social connection, belonging, and mental health through the arts. Each organization will receive a non-matching grant of $150,000 for their project, totaling $1.35 million in allocated funding, and will participate in opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: At a House Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) pressed Biden Administration Interior Department officials on their inadequate response to violent pro-Hamas protests outside Washington D.C.'s Union Station back in July, protests that included the unlawful burning of American flags flying on federal land. In July, Rep. Yakym more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 11 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Today the Indiana Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction to stand against Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA 1), Indiana's near-total abortion ban, for plaintiffs whose sincerely held religious beliefs would require them to terminate a pregnancy under circumstances prohibited by the ban. The case will now go back to the trial court. In 2022, the ACLU of Indiana  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the national security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border created by the Biden-Harris administration's reckless policies. Thune noted that congressional Republicans are prepared to equip President Trump with the necessary resources to secure the border and bring the crisis to an end. Thune's remarks  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Improve Access to a Clean, Reliable Electric Grid and Safe Drinking Water for Millions in Rural and Tribal Communities U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $6.3 billion in rural and Tribal communities across 44 states to expand access to a clean and reliable electric grid, provide safe drinking water and create good-paying jobs. more PR