OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 23 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown joins bipartisan group demanding xAI halt creation of nonconsensual sexual content * Attorney General Nick Brown joined a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general today demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X (Twitter) social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, do more immediately to prevent its chatbot from generating nonconsensual intimate images a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Ty Checketts, president of the Association of National Grasslands, from a Jan. 14, 2026, hearing on the Grasslands Grazing Act (H.R. 6300): * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Tom Tiffany, Ranking Member Joe Neguse, members of the subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of legislative measures that grant equal rights to producers who are blessed to hold perm more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * At Subcommittee Hearing, Republicans' Selective Outrage About Fraud Does Not Apply to the Trump Administration Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, led Democrats in debunking Republicans' false n more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Joins Amicus Brief Supporting EPA's Claw Back of Environmental Grants * LINCOLN-Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that Nebraska has joined a West Virginia-led amicus brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to rescind improperly awarded grants under  more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 22 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James' Office of Special Investigation Opens Investigation Into Civilian Death in Wyoming County * January 22, 2026 NEW YORK - The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of King Crittenden, who died on January 14, 2024 following an encounter with New York State Department of Corrections and Commu more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 23 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Demanding xAI Stop Creating and Remove Grok's Nonconsensual Sexual Images * RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson today led a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI stop its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating nonconsensual sexual images and remove any that remain. xAI owns both the Grok cha more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Schwalb Demands That X Stop Flood of Nonconsensual, Sexually Explicit Images Generated By Grok * Attorney General Brian Schwalb joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 Attorneys General calling on X (formerly known as Twitter) to take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating sexually explicit images. Over the past several weeks, Grok ha more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating noncon more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for September 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Wyoming * CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 271 oil and gas parcels totaling 357,358 acres that may be included in a September 2026 lease sale in Wyoming. The comment period ends Feb. 20, 2026. Leasing is the fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on Jan. 13, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams" by acting section research manager Anna E. Normand, natural resources policy specialist Pervaze A. Sheikh and research planning coordinator Erin H. Ward. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has repeatedly debated how to operate and allocate resources from federal water reso more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * Committee Democrats Uncover Potential Abuse of Power Scheme by High-Ranking Trump Official, Demand Independent Investigation Evidence suggests third-highest ranking Interior official's family received $3.5 million windfall tied to lithium mine her office helped approve * Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Me more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Successfully Secures $6.8 Million for Western PA in U.S. House 2026 Funding Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that eight more of his requested community projects successfully received more than $6.8 million in federal funding in the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development spending bill passed yesterday by the U.S. House of R more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Hageman Votes for Final FY26 Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) voted in favor of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act. With House passage of these bills, the House of Representatives has now completed all 12 annual appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2026 ahead of the January 30 funding deadline. "These bills show what more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Applauds the House Passage of Four Appropriations Bills Delivering Key Investments for NY-24 * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today applauded the House passage of four appropriations bills to fund the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. This package de more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Credit unions stand united against credit card mandate bill * The credit union movement stands united in opposition to the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), and America's Credit Unions, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL), and all state leagues wrote to House and Senate members Friday. The CCCA- reintroduced last week in both chambers -would bring harmful new  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Japanese Energy Companies Step Up U.S. Investments By Ben Cahill and Jane Nakano Since mid-2025, some of Japan's largest exploration and production companies, gas and power utilities, and trading houses invested in U.S. natural gas assets. With the United States expected to supply up to one-third of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes by the early 2030s, im more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 24 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: * * * AG Jennings, colleagues demand action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general today demanded in a joint lette that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating nonconsensual  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Delivers 500 Environmental Wins During President Trump's First Year Back in the White House * WASHINGTON - Today, marking exactly one year since President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 500 top environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved to fulfill the agency ' s statutory obligations and core m more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 21 (TNSrep) -- First National Bank of Omaha, a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska Inc., issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * FNBO Releases 2026 Outlook: Stay Invested, Stay Diversified, Stay Disciplined Co-Authored by CIO Rusty Vanneman & SVP Kurt Spieler, Report Examines Market Concentration, AI Productivity, Diversification Opportunities and the Importance of Discipline * FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha) today released the FNBO 2026 Outlook: Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, posted the following news release: * * * Georgia Legislature Tackles Major Labor Policy Reform to Expand Worker Freedom Georgia joins growing number of states advancing Independent Women's Voluntary Portable Benefits framework * ATLANTA, GA -- Representative Todd Jones introduces House Bill 987, legislation modeled after Independent Women's "Voluntary Portable Benefits Act," aim more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 19 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Governor Morrisey Announces $850 Million Frontieras North America Investment * Project to create thousands of jobs, expand commercial uses of coal, and strengthen West Virginia's energy leadership MASON COUNTY, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced that Frontieras North America has closed on 183 acres in Mason County, where the company will build a flagship $850 millio more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 3rd Quarter 2025 * Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new quarterly statistics on gross domestic product and personal income for all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the third quarter of 2025 (July, August, and September). Gross domestic product (GDP) highlights Real GDP incre more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Hickenlooper Marches for Justice, Tours Rural Health Clinic, Discusses Tariffs with Farmers, Child Care in Denver * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, this week, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper marched in Denver's annual Marade and hit the road on the Eastern Plains, visiting a rural hospital, touring a high school's workforce development program, and discussing how the Trump admin's ta more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a bipartisan group of 33 attorneys general today demanded that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating noncon more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 22 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hanaway Joins Coalition Challenging Biden-era EPA Misconduct Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in challenging potential Biden-era grant fraud and supporting the EPA's cancellation of billions of questionable grants. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency handed out $20 billion in grants as part of more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2026: * * * Drummond leads multi-state support for Trump's funding cuts over transgender bathroom policies Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in support of President Trump's decision to withhold federal funding for New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) over district policies that allow biological males to access fema more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following commentary on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * Op Ed by Governor Mark Gordon: Wyoming is not Washington, D.C. The making of another biennial budget is now in full swing and many are asking questions about what our state budget should and should not do. Before that debate goes further, a few facts matter. Wyoming does not have runaway spending. We do not have structural debt. We are not staring at a $38 trillion credit card bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following written testimony by Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, from a Jan. 14, 2026, member day hearing on the importance of trucking: * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and Members of the Committee: I am grateful for the opportunity to testify before you for the Committee's Member Day hearing on the importance of trucking in Wyoming and to highlight a few issues that I believe necessitate fu more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Jan. 23 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Bismarck named top hospital by Forbes * Sanford Bismarck is one of only 253 hospitals in the country to receive a 5-star overall rating BISMARCK, N.D. - Sanford Bismarck Medical Center was recently recognized as a 5-star facility on the inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals 2026 list. The Forbes Top Hospitals rating system gives insight into the nation's general acute ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Justice Applauds Continued Development of Frontieras North America in Mason County CHARLESTON, WV - Today, Senator Justice released a statement regarding an announcement from April of 2022 of a major investment with Frontieras North America in partnership with the Justice Administration. This partnership was part of Senator Justice's effort to attract major companies to West Virginia whi more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 23 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following news release: * * * Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Was Unchanged in January The Manufacturing Survey monitors manufacturing plants selected according to geographic distribution, industry mix and size. * The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the January Manufacturing Survey today. According to Cortney Cowley, assistant vice president and Oklahoma City Branch executive, the survey  more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for January 20, 2026 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly A challenge with addressing addiction at the population level is making decisions based on the evidence available. For example, new data indicate that alcohol consumption and binge drinking are dropping among Americans, but the evidence doesn't exactly tell us why. One explanation is t more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads 24-state coalition supporting EPA's cancellation of billions of questionable Biden-era grants West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of states fighting back against potential Biden-era fraud. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency handed out $20 billion in grants as part of their "Greenhouse Gas Reduction more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 22 -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * WashU Expert: Eliminating Missouri income tax would hurt low-income residents By Neil Schoenherr Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has called for a phaseout of the state's income tax, a move that would cause the most pain to the state's low-income residents, says an expert on tax law at Washington University in St. Louis. "Consider a lower-income taxpayer earning $30,000 annually and a higher-income t more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 24 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * WDE Releases 2024-25 Graduation Rates The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced that the four-year on-time high school graduation rate increased to 83.1 percent in 2024-25, a 1.5 percent increase from 2023-24. 6,385 students graduated in 2024-25, with 7,683 in the four-year on-time cohort--the largest class since the inception of the federal cohort rate in 2009-10. "Today, we  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by Paul Johansen, chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, from a Jan. 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Hunting and Fishing Access in the Great American Outdoors": * * * Good afternoon, Chairwoman Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying... Rep Evans' FIRE Act * Key stakeholder support is flooding in for Congressman Gabe Evans' Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act. The FIRE Act ensures that states are not punished for smoke and emissions they cannot control, while still maintaining strong environmental protections. This bill works to provide clarity and predictability for air quality pla more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Interior Appeals Board Halts Massive Wyoming Drilling Project for Violating Clean Air Act Interior Board overturns 2018 approval for 3,500-well fracking project in Upper Green River Basin * The Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) has vacated the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) oil and gas development project in western Wyoming, finding that the agency vi more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Jan. 22, 2026: * * * Governor Gordon Issues Statement Regarding Board of Equalization Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) issued the following statement regarding the Board of Equalization's contemplated lawsuit regarding the 4% cap on property tax. "After consulting with county assessors and legislators with a long history and knowledge of the state and the county assessors schedule, I have directed member more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Mark Gordon, U.S. Forest Service Sign Updated Stewardship Agreement Governor Gordon (R-WY) and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz have signed an updated Shared Stewardship Agreement, reaffirming and strengthening the long-standing partnership between the State of Wyoming and the USDA Forest Service(USDA-FS). "Wyoming values the relationship between the U.S. Forest Service and the S more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Sublette Antelope Migration Local Working Group to meet Feb. 2 in Pinedale Governor Gordon's (R-WY) Sublette Antelope Migration Local Working Group will convene for their first meeting Monday, Feb. 2 in Pinedale. The meeting will be held BOCES Board Room, 665 North Tyler Ave. and begin at 8:30 a.m. The local working group is ultimately charged with reviewing the Game and Fish's risk assessmen more PR