WOOD DALE, Illinois, Jan. 30 -- AAR, a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, issued the following news release: * * * AAR celebrates Airframe MRO expansion in Oklahoma City, prepares to induct additional Alaska Airlines aircraft AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, has substantially completed the expansion of its Airframe MRO facility in Oklahoma City. Driven by an increased dem more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an execut more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10814) on Jan. 28, 2026, by Cory Welt, Russian and European affairs specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Belarus: An Overview Belarus, located in eastern Europe, is a close ally of Russia. Belarus's leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has served as president for more than 31 years. Belarus's already substantial dependence on Russia increased further starting in 2020, when a governme more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM proposes updates to modernize oil and gas rules and support domestic energy * The Bureau of Land Management today announced a proposed rule to update decades-old oil and gas regulations that limit the practice of commingling, a change aimed at improving efficiency, protecting taxpayers and tribes and strengthening domestic energy production.  The proposed rule w more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Jan. 26, 2026 (16 pages) * * * Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,204 in 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Data on usual weekly earnings are collected as part of the Current Population Survey, a nationwide sample survey of households in which respondents a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Builders FirstSource to Pay $26,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit * Settlement resolves federal claims that construction materials supplier unlawfully rejected older temporary worker SEATTLE - Building supply company Builders FirstSource (BFS) agreed to pay $26,000 to settle a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Conflicts of Interest Rampant, Foreign Companies Profit as Trump Sinks Taxpayer Dollars Into Mining on U.S. Public Lands * Washington - Thirteen companies seeking to mine the nation's public lands-including several Australian and Canadian corporations-spent more than $8.4 million to lobby federal agencies and Congress over the past two years alone, a Public Citizen analysis finds. The new r more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 28 -- Creighton University posted the following news: * * * Creighton's Alaska Hybrid Pathway: Shaping OT leaders for 18 years * For Kathleen Hansen, OTD'11, OTR/L, member of Creighton's first Alaska Hybrid Pathway cohort 18 years ago, occupational therapy was always more than helping people with mobility, recovery and skill development. It's always been about heart.A profession for and with others The field is interdisciplinary in nature, requiring practitioners to more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12768) on Jan. 28, 2026, by natural resources policy analyst Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM; Figure 1) is a systems-level management approach for living marine resources (LMRs) that accounts for an ecosystem's physical, biological, economic, and social components. This approach to fis more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners Attorney General Chris Carr is defending Georgia's law that bans taxpayer-funded sex changes for inmates, and now a 21-state coalition has filed a brief supporting his case. "It's absurd that this is even a conversation. Under no circumstance should Georgia taxpayers be forced to cover the co more PR

ADA, Oklahoma, Jan. 28 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: * * * Music a constant light in Chickasaw warrior's life * Danny Bevill can't remember when music wasn't a driving force in his life. Picking up a guitar at a young age ignited a passion within him, which has never dimmed. Bevill's late father recognized his son's talent, passing down the fundamentals of guitar playing, lyric writing and singing -skills Bevill is e more PR

PASADENA, California, Jan. 30 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Peers Through Clouds to See Mississippi River Delta A new image from the NISAR mission shows off the satellite's ability to reveal details of Earth's surfaces. The science team also released new sample data. A U.S.-Indian Earth satellite's ability to see through clouds, revealing insights and characteristics of our planet's surface, is on display in a colorful, ne more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Jan. 30 -- Rand issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * RAND Wraps Up Decade of Gun Policy Research with New Online Tool, Updated Data and Reports RAND today released a slate of new gun policy resources as it concludes its decade-long Gun Policy in America initiative, which has provided objective analyses of the effects of firearm laws in the United States. The new resources include an online visualization tool that allows users to explore how state more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Study: Montana's Arctic Grayling Fail to Recover Under Voluntary Conservation Agreement * BUTTE, Mont. -The Center for Biological Diversity released an analysis today showing that a two-decade, state-led voluntary conservation agreement has not produced a measurable increase in the abundance of critically imperiled Arctic grayling in Montana's Big Hole River. The waterway i more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Jan. 29 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release: * * * UM Women's Flag Football Team Takes Field for Historic First Season * MISSOULA - Ainsley MacKenzie knew she wanted to attend the University of Montana to study secondary education and work to become a high school teacher. But the freshman from Lakeridge, Oregon knew pursuing her educational goals would mean giving up her dreams of playing flag football in college. MacKenzie's high school starte more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Ecologists Offer Expert Perspective About Gray Wolves Found in Cache Valley * State officials recently killed three gray wolves near Avon, Utah, in the southwestern corner of Cache County. Wildlife ecology experts from the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University answered questions about wolves in Utah. Q. Is it surprising to find gray wolves in the state? A. No, not surprising, according  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science. more PR