WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Nationally 70 applicants selected to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, December 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has selected the Indiana Department of Environmental Management more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * 105 selected applications funded through the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce pollution, improve climate resilience, and build community capacity to address legacy environmental justice issues around the nation * * * Today, December 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has selected 105 applications for the Community Change Grants Program, totaling nearl more PR

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana issued the following news release: David L. Reynolds, 42 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distributing controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Reynolds was sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. According to documents in  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 14 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: December 13, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisio more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The road ahead will be even more scientifically intriguing, and probably somewhat easier-going, now that the six-wheeler has completed its long climb to the top. * * * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater's rim at a location the science team calls "Lookout Hill" and rolling toward its first science stop after the monthslong climb. The rover made the ascent  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has released the following public communication dated Dec. 8, 2024, from Colin Smalley, president of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 777: * * * To: Ana Paunoiu Office of Personnel Management RE: Docket ID OPM-2024-0016 * * * I am writing on behalf of Local 777 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO. Our local union represents approximately 300 work more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We are proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of occupied habitat, where many of the uni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: The following column by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) was originally published in the Washington Post on December 12, 2024. By Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) Too many Americans are being denied access to our justice system because of an overload of cases and a shortage of federal judges. The last major expansion of the federal judicial branch occurred in 1990, when then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joe Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) applauded the passage of two bills to protect the privacy of Americans and remove burdensome health care reporting requirements by allowing certain communications to be filed electronically. "Under current law, overreaching compliance requirements create uncertainty and stress for employers in Indian more PR