WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Begins Final Cleanup of Ottawa Radiation Areas Superfund Site in Illinois * EPA will hold an availability session June 16 to answer questions about the cleanup CHICAGO (June 9, 2025) - This summer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin the final cleanup of radium-contaminated soil at the Ottawa Radiation Areas Superfund site in Ottawa, Illinois. The NPL-8 landfill and frontage p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Senate conducted five committee hearings on June 5, 2025: * * * DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the Army, and General Randy A. George, USA more ST

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Leads Letter to Champion STARBASE Education Program for Kansas Students * Salina, KS - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) led a bipartisan letter requesting full funding for the U.S. Department of Defense's STARBASE program for fiscal year 2026. Senator Marshall has long been an advocate for the STARBASE programs, which provide unique, hands-on Science, Technology, Enginee more PR