WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Honors Mikaela Naylon, Renames the Give Kids A Chance Act * Washington, D.C. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet renamed the Give Kids a Chance Act to the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act in honor of Mikaela, a Colorado teenager who tirelessly advocated for children's access to cancer treatment throughout her brave battle with cancer. Mikaela Naylon was diagnosed with osteosarcom more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Kaine, Colleagues Reintroduce Medicare-X Choice Act to Achieve Universal Health Care * A Public Health Insurance Plan Would Provide An Affordable Option for Families Across Colorado, Virginia, and the Country Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announced the reintroduction of their legislation, the Medicare-X Choice Act, which would create a  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 6 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 25A-0432CP Cirrus Transportation LLC IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CIRRUS TRANSPORTATION LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER BY MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE. a. Filing Date and Party: 10/15/2025 Cirrus Transportation LLC Description: Application for a Certificate of Public  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 6 -- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Colorado state health department selects projects for funding low-emission and zero-emission fleet vehicles The Clean Fleet Enterprise Board of Directors, housed within the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, has selected a third round of projects for grant funding to support clean fleet vehicles that help reduce air pollution. The Cle more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Announces Staff Changes and New Hires * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced new hires and staff changes in his Washington, D.C., and Boise offices. Kyra Smith has rejoined Senator Crapo's office as Press Secretary. Kyra previously served in Senator Crapo's Washington, D.C., office before moving home to Idaho. In her time away from the office, Kyra oversaw operations at an more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Crow Statement on Trump Administration's National Security Strategy * AURORA Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's newly released National Security Strategy: "The Trump administration's National Security Strategy would be catastro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * DeGette Statement Following ACIP Vote to End Universal Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose Recommendation * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to end the universal Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation for newborns: "This administr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Energy and Commerce Members Introduce Bills to Reform Clean Air Act Permitting Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, applauded the introduction of four bills that provide commonsense reforms to rein in outdated and overburdensome Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations that have stif more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has received an application from FirstSun Capital Bancorp, Denver, Colorado, to merge with First Foundation Inc., Irving, Texas. This proposed action is one of several corporate applications currently under review by the Federal Reserve that seek approval to become or expand a bank holding company. These applications typically involve a company acquiring the assets, ownership, or control of a bank or existing bank holding company. Pursu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Push for Emergency Funding for Wildfire Recovery on New Mexico Public Lands * Heinrich and Lujan's push comes amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention to keep New Mexico communities safe WASHINGTON - Amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention including slo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Push Forest Service to Immediately Address Understaffing, Wildfire Mitigation Concerns * Public data indicates the Forest Service is significantly behind in hazardous fuels reductions 27% of Forest Service wildland firefighting positions remain vacant WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet recently joined ten of their Senate colleag more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Evans Sounds the Alarm on Rising Attacks Against Law Enforcement * In case you missed it... The Committee on Homeland Security held a full committee hearing titled "When Badges Become Targets: How Anti- Law Enforcement Rhetoric Fuels Violence Against Officers." The hearing examined the surge in threats and rise in targeted attacks against Law Enforcement. As a former cop, Congress more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL Now in its 26th year, the event brings teams of middle and high school students to the lab to compete with home-built contraptions. Teenagers wielding power tools and plywood demonstrated their engineering prowess at the annual Invention Challenge at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday. Also in evidence more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly 950,000 consumers who do not currently have health care coverage through plans in the individual market Marketplace have signed up for coverage in 2026, since the start of the Marketplace Open more PR

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: * * * NORAD ready to track Santa's flight for 70th anniversary year * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colorado The North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa on Dec. 24 and is celebrating the program's 70th anniversary. NORAD monitors and defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. On Dec. 24, NORAD has one additional missi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies for 2026-2027 School Year * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that he has nominated South Dakota students for appointments to the nation's service academies. Rounds nominated Emma Kinyon of Rapid City as his principal nominee to the U.S. Naval Academy, Esten Foss of Aberdeen as his principal nominee to the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to New Mexico Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits * WASHINGTON The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in New Mexico of the deadlines to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by drought. The disaster declara more PR