WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Appalachian Voices has released a report titled "Clean Energy Tax Credits: Working for Appalachia," illustrating the significant positive impact of federal clean energy and energy efficiency tax credits on nonprofits and businesses across Central and Southern Appalachian states. The report, issued in April 2025, focuses on Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, detailing how Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives are driving job creation more ST

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the closing of the reopened comment period for its proposed rule concerning the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs).  This rule was originally proposed on January 23, 2024, and the comment period for the proposal closed on March 25, 2024. However, the EPA decided to extend the comment period by reopeni more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated March 27, 2025, from Benchmark Risk Group, Chicago, Illinois: * * * Comments on the Food and Drug Administration's Proposed Rule: "Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products" Docket No. FDA-2023-N-4225 From: Eric Miller, MPH, CIH, DABT Evan Beckett, MPH, CIH, DABT Benjamin Roberts, MPH, P more ST

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated January 21, 2025, from LJ Rogers Logistics, Mebane, North Carolina: * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Transparency in Property Broker Transactions Notice; Request for Public Comment Docket Number: FMCSA-2023-0257 COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY: LJ ROGERS LOGISTICS, INC. * LJ Rogers more ST

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Honor National Lineman Appreciation Day Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), along with Reps. David Rouzer (NC-07), Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Mike Flood (NE-01), introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate April 18, 2024, as National Lineman Appreciation Day and recognize the more than 115,000 hardworking  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has released its monthly notice listing petitions filed in March 2025 under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a no-fault alternative to traditional legal proceedings for individuals claiming harm from certain childhood vaccines. The program, established by Subtitle 2 of Title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, allows individuals to seek compensation t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission has scheduled expedited five-year reviews to determine whether revoking existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on polyester textured yarn imports from China and India would lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry. The decision follows a finding issued on March 7, 2025, under the Tariff Act of 1930, concluding that the domestic industry's response to the notice of instit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced that 1EdTech Consortium, Inc. submitted a notification of membership changes under Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The filing, published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2025, outlines additions and withdrawals of participating entities in the educational technology research venture, which operates under provisions that limit antitrust liability in s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has published a notice announcing membership changes within the Bytecode Alliance Foundation, pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notification, filed on March 19, 2025, and made public in the Federal Register on April 21, 2025, extends the Act's provisions, which limit the recovery of damages in certain cooperative research initiatives. As part of the changes, several pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has published a notice regarding recent changes in the membership of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) venture, filed under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notification, made on April 1, 2025, serves to extend the Act's provisions that limit antitrust plaintiffs' recovery to actual damages in certain circumstances, further facilitating the venture's research initi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received a subsequent license renewal application from Duke Energy Progress, LLC for the continued operation of the H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2, located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The request, filed on April 1, 2025, seeks to extend the facility's operating license for an additional 20 years beyond its current expiration date of July 31, 2030. The plant, which houses a pressurized water reactor, has more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release: * * * Paul S. Atkins Sworn In as SEC Chairman Washington D.C., April 21, 2025 -- Paul S. Atkins was sworn into office today as the 34th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Chairman Atkins was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 9, 2025. "I am honored by the trust and confidence President Trump and the Senate have  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Chu in Data For Progress Insights: Voters Across Party Lines Agree That Disaster Relief Should Come with No Strings Attached Newly released polling by Data for Progress shows 71% of Americans believe disaster relief should be given without conditions attached PASADENA, CA -- Today, Data for Progress released a DFP Insights opinion piece (link is external) by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) that includes more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, has issued a report to the President titled "What's Needed to Advance Hurricane Helene Recovery in Western North Carolina," outlining the significant challenges hindering the region's recovery from the devastating hurricane that struck on September 27, 2024. The report, issued in April 2025, was commissioned by the President on January 24, 2025, aboard Air Force One, and calls for urgent federal intervention to cut red tape and expedi more ST

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority has announced its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate potential safety-related modifications to the Chatuge Dam, located on the Hiwassee River at the North Carolina-Georgia border. After years of internal risk assessments and structural inspections, TVA concluded that the existing spillway at Chatuge Dam poses an unacceptable safety risk, particularly in the event of extreme floo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Vietnam Veteran, Heisman Trophy Winner Creates Illustrious 25-Year Career Pete Dawkins has lived a full life as an athlete, combat veteran and business executive, but at age 11 in 1949, things looked grim for him when he contracted polio. However, Dawkins was a fighter. He successfully underwent vigorous physical therapy and became a polio survivor. He continued this exercise throughout his life. The R more PR