WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Across Domains, One Mission: Lawmakers Assess U.S. Military Posture Washington, D.C. - This week, the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee held hearings with leadership from the U.S. Air Force, Space Force, and Army to discuss military readiness, priorities, and the strategic posture forward. With evolving threats and emerging domains, la more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- The Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, California, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has identified a chert triangular point that is culturally affiliated with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. This item, an associated funerary object, is linked to human remains that were previously repatriated following a notice published in the Federal Register in September 2007. The object, a cher more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Cole Conducts DHS Oversight | CONTACT : Olivia Porcaro (link sends email) 202-225-6165 Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after he and Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei (NV-02) led the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing to collect testimony from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on a range of pressing issues including securing  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System announced several applications under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as well as Regulation Y, for the formation of new bank holding companies and acquisitions of bank assets. Ponce Financial Group, Inc., based in the Bronx, New York, has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring Ponce Bank, also located in the Bronx, upon the bank's conversion from a federal savings bank to a national bank. This transition would enable P more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has announced its intention to repatriate 4,506 unassociated funerary objects. The items, which span a wide array of artifacts including faunal remains, ceramics, beads, lithic fragments, and stone tools, were collected from various burial sites across North Carolina and Tennessee. The announcement was published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Harris, Cole Engage Agriculture Secretary Rollins Today, Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD), Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), and other members underscored the vital role of America's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities during an oversight hearing with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. The discussion centered o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka has completed the inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains of two individuals, along with a deer tooth associated with the burial, were excavated from the Taylor Mound site (14DP3) in Doniphan County, Kansas. The site, located on a bluff near the Kansas River, has been dated to the Middle Woodland period, around 100  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) - The Longyear Museum of Anthropology at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has announced its intent to repatriate 40 shell beads identified as unassociated funerary objects to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The cultural items were originally removed from a burial context in Phillips County, Kansas, and were later transferred to the museum by the Smithsonian Institution. The repatriation notice was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Ser more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- Mercyhurst University, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, has completed its inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, identified as those of at least one individual of Native American ancestry, were removed from a location in the vicinity of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, on an unknown date. The remains were acquired by Raymond C. Vietzen, an avocational archaeologist and collector, who  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Schatz, Murkowski Sound the Alarm Over Staffing Shortages at the Indian Health Service Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Indian Affairs Vice Chairman Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Senate Indian Affairs Chairman and Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Lisa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) - The Mukwonago Community Library in Wisconsin, intends to repatriate two Native American cultural items classified as unassociated funerary objects to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma. The announcement was made in a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service in the Federal Register on May 8, 2025. The two items slated for repatriation are a stone discoidal, catalogued as G0034, and a banner stone, catalogued as G00474. The discoidal was more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Joins Senator Britt in Introducing MOMS Act to Support Women, Strengthen Families Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), and Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) in introducing the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. This legislation would improve access to critical resources during the toug more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- GT Commodities LLC, a Stamford-based company, has formally submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the agency to exempt certain copper imports from any actions resulting from the ongoing national security investigation. The investigation, initiated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), is examining copper imports in all forms. In its submission, GT Commodities, part of the Gerald Group, emphasizes its role in the American economy. "GT Commoditi more ST

TULSA, Oklahoma, May 7 -- The Oklahoma Policy Institute, a policy think-tank, issued the following statement on May 6, 2025: * * * Statement: Gov.'s veto of SB 128 rejects bipartisan solution that would have helped landlords and kept Oklahomans in their homes Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed Senate Bill 128, a bipartisan bill that would have given tenants more time to gather back rent, make alternate arrangements for housing, or simply be able to arrange child care or time off work to show up for  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) -- The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan has announced regarding the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects. The inventory identifies Ancestral remains and associated funerary objects with cultural affiliations to several Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. This notice is part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation more PR