SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 28 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Statement on Westerman-Golden Permitting Reform Bill * Washington, D.C. -- Last week, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) introduced the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. If passed, the bill would further President Trump's efforts to ramp up destructive fossil-fuel more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, July 28 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Human 'Lobster' to Be 'Scalded Alive' by PETA Supporters at Lobster Festival * Rockland, Maine - On opening day of the Maine Lobster Festival--where thousands of sentient lobsters will be cooked alive in violation of Maine cruelty-to-animals law which prohibits tormenting sentient animals--PETA supporters will gather for an eyepopping demonstration in which a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE arrests illegal alien serving as a local police officer after attempting to unlawfully purchase firearm in Maine * BIDDEFORD, Maine - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Maine arrested an illegally present Jamaican offender after he unlawfully attempted to purchase a firearm. Officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Bo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- President Trump sent to the Senate on July 16, 2025, three nominations for circuit judges and at least 57 military positions: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana. Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 43 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 8 Army nominations in the  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Legislation to Exempt Small Businesses from Tariffs on Canadian Imports * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and a bipartisan group of six of her Senate colleagues in introducing the Creating Access to Necessary American-Canadian Duty Adjustments (CANADA) Act. This legislation would exempt United States-owned  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * To Help Farmers and Cut Meat Costs, King, Paul Introduce Bill to Reduce Red Tape for Maine Farmers * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for small farms and ranches to provide locally produced meats to consumers. As beef prices in the United States hit record highs, the Processing Revival and Intrastate  more PR