ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 10 -- The Infectious Diseases Society of America issued the following joint statement on Jan. 9, 2026, by over 200 organizations: * * * IDSA and over 200 health organizations urge Congress to conduct oversight of changes to vaccine schedule Dear [Senator/Representative]: The undersigned organizations, representing health care clinicians, public health professionals, scientists, patients, and family advocates, urge you to conduct swift and robust oversight regarding the abrupt changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Young, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act * Federal investment vital to ramp up U.S. quantum development-key to U.S. national security and global economic competitiveness Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Young, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act * Federal investment vital to ramp up U.S. quantum development-key to U.S. national security and global economic competitiveness Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Montana Federation of Public Employees (MFPE) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), voicing strong opposition to the proposed regulations regarding the individual tax credit for qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations, as outlined in Notice 2025-70. The letter underscores the concerns regarding the impact of Section 25F, which introduces a voucher system that the federation argues will undermine public education in the more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- ANNUAL PRIVATIZATION REPORT: LAND USE AND HOUSING - A report from Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California - January 2026 (45 pages) * * * Reason Foundation published its Annual Privatization Report focusing on land use and housing, arguing that zoning regulations restrict property rights and drive up costs by limiting supply. The report traces U.S. zoning origins to early 20th-century efforts addressing urban overcrowding via Euclidean single-use models, later upheld by the 1926 Supreme Court Euclid v. Ambl more ST