WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following written testimony by Taylor Jordan, assistant secretary of Commerce for environmental observation and prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the National Weather Service: * * * Greetings Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Meng, and members of the Subcommittee. I am Taylor Jordan, Assi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Murkowski, Schatz Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai?i) introduced the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026 (NAHASDA), comprehensive legislation to reauthorize and modernize federal housing program more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Senators Push to Advance Housing Policy in NAHASDA's 30 TH Anniversary Year Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. S more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Aurene Martin, board member of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * My name is Aurene Martin and I am a board of directors' member of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. I am more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Landmark Conservation Law Supports Completion of Sheep Camp Ranger Station Restoration SKAGWAY, Alaska - The National Park Service today announced that Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and Chilkoot National Historic Trail recently completed an eight-week rehabilitation of the Sheep Camp Ranger Station and adjacent tool shed. "Since its const more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Economics] -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) posted the following news release: * * * Prosperity Now expands Nationwide VITA Support with Wells Fargo Foundation Grant * 2026 VITA Support Fund strengthens community-based organizations providing no-cost tax preparation services WASHINGTON, D.C. - With support from a $1 million Wells Fargo Foundation grant, Prosperity Now announced today the recipients of the 2026 VITA Supp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service is initiating a pilot program to test alternative values for modest housing. The initiative aims to support the Section 502 direct loan program by adjusting how area loan limits affect self-help housing and properties receiving third-party affordable housing assistance. The pilot evaluates the impact of allowing property values in the self-help program to exceed current maximum area loan limits. Under the s more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 30 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Team tracks vegetation recovery from sudden permafrost collapse * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Some Arctic regions regain their "greenness" within a decade of a sudden permafrost collapse, while others can take a century or more to recover, researchers report in a new study. The difference is directly related to each site's gross primary productivity, a measure of its photosynthetic capac more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * A New Way to Eavesdrop on Ocean Temperature in the Arctic Researchers reveal ocean sound travel times can track climate under the ice year-round * New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that the travel time of underwater sounds traveling across the Arctic Ocean can be used to precisely measure ocean temperature under th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Veteran Homelessness Programs: Opportunities to Improve Data Collection and Establish an Evaluation Plan * Fast Facts The Veterans Affairs Department collaborates with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on a program that provides affordable housing and related support to veterans experiencing homelessness. However, sometimes VA staff don't refer eligible veterans to the  more PR