WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Urge Major Utility Companies Against Imposing Penalties, Service Shutoffs on Federal Workers Amid Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined eight of her Senate colleagues in sending letters to 22 major energy, water, and broadband utility companies urging them to avoid imposing service shutoffs and other penalties for late or missed payments on fed more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: Every Authoritarian Leader has had his Grim Reaper; Russell Vought is Donald Trump's Grim Reaper * Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Members of Congress in the Maryland and Virginia delegations for a press conference to call out the Trump Administration for their illegal mass firing of thousands of dedicated public servants in the midst of the Republican government shutdown. more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Oct. 15 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Greenspace Equity Grants Available for Communities to Provide Outdoor Access for All Marylanders The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting grant proposals for the FY 2027 Greenspace Equity Program, which provides funding to land trusts, nongovernmental organizations, and local governments to acquire and/or develop public greenspaces in overbu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Judiciary Republicans' Request for Testimony from Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to Judiciary Republicans' request that former Special Counsel Jack Smith testify before th more PR