SEATTLE, April 1 -- Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Alaska Airlines unveils its first-ever International Business Class Suites experience, setting a new standard for long-haul travel Summary * Featuring private lie flat suites, elevated dining and premium lounge access, the product is designed for comfort as Alaska expands nonstop service to Europe and Asia. * Debuting this spring, the airline's new long-haul Busi more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 31 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Fights for States' Rights to Ensure Election Integrity * DES MOINES-Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 25-state coalition in a brief before the United States Supreme Court defending Arizona's right to ensure election integrity in their election process. The coalition maintains that Arizona should be able to ensure that its voters are citizens as part of t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM launches new web tool to expand grazing opportunities and support healthier public lands * WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management today announced the launch of a new web-based map tool designed to connect ranchers with information on vacant grazing allotments on public lands available for targeted prescribed grazing. The tool supports the agency's broader ef more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Cantwell, Sullivan, Colleagues Introduce Sportfish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety and Wildlife Restoration Act Bill supports fishery restoration and conservation programs and improvements to boating access and infrastructure * U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 31, 2026, by William Muntean, senior associate (non-resident) of the Americas Program: * * * The Structural Barriers to Resource Extraction in Antarctica A geologist estimated in 2018 that the global price of oil would need to be above $200 per barrel for commercial resource extraction of oil in Antarctica to be feasible. That is a remarkably high number considering the highest p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Defenders Slams Unlawful God Squad Vote to Strip Endangered Species Act Protection from Wildlife in the Gulf * Defenders of Wildlife strongly opposes today's vote by the Endangered Species Committee, or God Squad, to condemn species to extinction in the name of a fictitious "national security emergency." Beyond the fact that the God Squad met none of the hearing or documentation more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * DOI, USDA move to boost support for American ranchers, help lower prices for consumers * WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins today announced new actions aimed at boosting the supply of American born, raised, and harvested beef by supporting American ranchers with the signing of a new Mem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following report (No. 26-E-0019) entitled "Evaluation of Risks to Federal Facility Superfund Site Remedies from Inland Flooding." Here are excerpts: * * * Background, Scope, & Methodology The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated an evaluation of the risks to federal facility Superfund site remedies from inland flooding. The Comprehensive Environmental Respo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following report (No. 26-E-0020) entitled "Evaluation of Risks to Federal Facility Superfund Site Remedies from Wildfires." Here are excerpts: * * * Background, Scope, & Methodology The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated an evaluation of the risks to federal facility Superfund site remedies from wildfires. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compens more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks posted the following news release: * * * Groups Challenge Trump Admin's Rushed Approval of Cabinet Mountains Mining Project * Missoula, MT - A coalition of local and national organizations today filed suit over the Trump administration's fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana's Cabinet Mountains. The lawsuit claims that the Montanore Minerals Corporation project threatens unpolluted waters, inc more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 31 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Housing discrimination in California disproportionately affects historically marginalized communities * Key takeaways * More than 1.3 million California adults (4%) experienced harassment or discrimination related to housing in the past two years, according to a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study. * About 1 in 4 adults with unstable housing faced housing discriminati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Megan Onders, chief of the King Island Native Community, and chair of the Bering Strait Development Council, Nome, Alaska, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act (H.R. 5694): * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Val Hoyle, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to join you today. My name is  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- 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, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by Timothy Petty, assistant secretary for oceans and atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on the Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act (H.R. 5694), and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration and Science Act (H.R. 6893): * * * Chairwoman Hageman, Ranking  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news on March 31, 2026: * * * Medicaid Awareness Month: Republicans' Unpopular Cuts Spark Nationwide Health Care Crisis They Can't Hide From Wednesday, April 1, kicks off the ninth annual Medicaid Awareness Month, as Donald Trump and Republicans face mounting backlash for the largest cuts to health care in history and the growing crisis those cuts have unleashed in communities across the country. Medicaid is popular across the coun more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 119-115) on the Young Fishermen's Development Program Reauthorization Act (S. 2357). The report was advanced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on March 11, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of the Bill The purpose of S. 2357 is to reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act,/1/ which established a grant program to support local and regional training and education for young fishermen. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Folklife Festival Goes National for America's Birthday For America's 250th, the Smithsonian's Largest Cultural Public Program Collaborates with Festivals Across the Country * To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian is taking its oldest and largest public program--the annual Folklife Festival--on the road to communities a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Legislation to Increase Mental Health Awareness and Resources on Social Media Passes Senate * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) celebrated the unanimous Senate passage of the Advancing Digital Support (ADS) for Mental Health Services Act, legislation to bring greater transparency to social media advertising and encourage online platforms to promote mental health resources and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan, Cantwell, Colleagues Seek to Reauthorize Sport Fish, Boating Trust Fund * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, have introduced the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026 to reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Bo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following information collection: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection as part of the ongoing research in North American birds. Members of the public provide observation reports of birds with deformities from Alaska and other regions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the P more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Prioritizing Common Sense Forest Management, Moves Forest Service Headquarters to Salt Lake City * (Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026) -Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves. For an more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral 'Safe Step Act' to Bicameral to Help Patients Access Lifesaving Medications * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Safe Step Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to ensure patients can safely and effi more PR