WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following testimony by David McAtee, senior executive vice president and general counsel of AT&T, Dallas, Texas, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Arctic Frost Accountability: Oversight of Telecommunications Carriers' Responses to Jack Smith's Witch Hunt": * * * Chair Blackburn, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Ricketts, Coons, Colleagues Call on Taiwan to "Meet the Moment," Boost Defense Spending to Deter China * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with other Senate and House colleagues, on  more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 24 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Feb. 23, 2026: * * * Conservation Group Protests Plan to Increase Grazing on Steens Mountain BURNS, Ore.--Today, Western Watersheds Project submitted a formal protest of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed decision to increase grazing by 96% on four allotments on Steens Mountain. In addition to these increased levels of permitted use, the Bureau intends to issue temporary grazing permits t more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 25 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * Carr Leads 19-State Coalition to Preserve Access to Critical Crime-Fighting Tool Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a 19-state coalition in fighting to preserve access to automatic license-plate readers (ALPR) - a critical law enforcement tool that has helped to solve murders, kidnappings, and armed robberies. "The evidence is clear - automatic license-plate  more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 25 -- The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America issued the following news release: * * * Idaho GCSA supports GCSAA Foundation's Col. John Morley Centennial Campaign The Idaho Golf Course Superintendents Association has generously donated $5,000 to the GCSAA Foundation, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), to support the new Col. John Morley Centennial Campaign. GCSAA will turn 100 on Sept. 13, 20 more PR

MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 23 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * Lemhi supercomputer expands Idaho research capacity * IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A powerful supercomputer is expanding high-performance computing for researchers across Idaho, enabled by a partnership between Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the state's public research universities. The system, known as Lemhi, serves researchers at University of Idaho, Boise State University and Idaho State University a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Barrasso 988 Bill Advances in Senate 988 Bill Advances in Senate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee for recently passing their bipartisan legislation to increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline through assessing challenges to transmitting geolocation information. "The 988 more PR

ITASCA, Illinois, Feb. 24 [Category: Transportation] (TNSxrep) -- The National Safety Council posted the following news: * * * NSC Projects 12% Decrease in U.S. Traffic Fatalities in 2025 * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Preliminary analysis from the National Safety Council estimates 37,810 motor vehicle crash deaths in the United States in 2025 - a 12% decrease from 2024, even as overall miles driven increased by 0.9%. Nine states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases of more than 15%: D more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Feb. 25 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * PETA to Attorney General Bondi: Sinaloa Cartel Racetrack Activity in U.S. Warrants Immediate Crackdown In the wake of the killing of Jalisco cartel chief Nemesio Oseguera, aka "El Mencho"--and the ongoing battle between the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels for control of the U.S. market for cocaine and other drugs--PETA today sent an urgent letter to Attorney General  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 25 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * West Virginia leads 21-state coalition urging Supreme Court to block federal rule eliminating natural gas appliances West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a 21-state coalition, urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld sweeping Biden-era Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards poi more PR