WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Army Corps of Engineers Announces Nearly $24 Million for Garrison Dam Spillway Approach * BISMARCK, N.D. - The U.S. Army of Engineers (USACE) announced a contract of $23,816,251 for dredging and the placement of riprap protection in support of the spillway at Garrison Dam near Riverdale. This work advances the Garrison Dam Spillway Approach Rehabilitation Project and is expected to be completed  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 6, 2025: * * * Bell, Bacon Lead Bipartisan Letter Denouncing Inflammatory Content on Social Media Following Antisemitic Attacks Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) led a letter with 41 bipartisan lawmakers in urging major social media companies to take immediate action against the rise of hate speech and incitement to violence on their platforms f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- A coalition of 18 conservation organizations has called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to maintain the existing definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to the agencies, the groups argue that removing the definition, which includes habitat modifications that injure or kill wildlife, would weaken protections for imperiled species and contradict the law's intent. "Habitat is essential to all fish, wil more ST

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation has expressed apprehension to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding a proposal to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The conservation agency submitted its comments during the public input period, emphasizing the potential negative impacts on Missouri's natural resources and species. The Endangered Species Act, passed 51 years ago, has been crucial in preventing the extinction of over  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has announced a notice of inventory completion, indicating that the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, has finalized its inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects. This notice confirms a cultural affiliation between these items and The Osage Nation. The inventory identifies human remains representing at least five individuals and 240 associated funerary objects. These objects include l more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cleaver Joins 199 Lawmakers in Bipartisan Effort to Save Job Corps * (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and nearly 200 other congressional lawmakers in urging the Department of Labor to continue the Job Corps program. In a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Cleaver  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Federal Trade Commission is examining the complex interplay between technology platforms' content moderation policies and their implications for free speech and competition, prompted by a detailed submission from the International Center for Law and Economics. The nonprofit research center, known for its law and economics expertise, has urged the FTC to tread carefully, emphasizing that these platforms' moderation decisions are protected by the First Amendment and drive more ST

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- A notice of inventory completion has been issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, concerning actions taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. This notice, published in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), details the completion of an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has dete more PR