WASHINGTON, May 8 -- 7T World LLC, Kalispell, Montana, a strategic advisory and compliance technology firm, has submitted a public comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding its proposed rule on payment stablecoin activities under the GENIUS for the 21st Century Act. The letter addresses the regulatory framework for national banks engaging in stablecoin services and calls for specific clarifications to enable safe adoption by community banks and credit unions. The firm highlights that community banks face challen more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * April Storms Delay Snowmelt, but Fail to Recover Snowpack Deficits * Photo caption: Each month, snow surveyors ascend from the valleys to manually measure snowpack at over 100 snow courses across Montana's watersheds. The data from these snow courses supplements the data from SNOTEL sites to help produce the monthly water supply forecasts. In the pictures, surveyors navigate the tricky access to Mudd Lake Snow Cour more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 7 -- The Canada Border Services Agency, an arm of the Canadian government, issued the following news release: * * * Chief Mountain port of entry opens for the summer season * May 7, 2026 Calgary, Alberta Canada Border Services Agency The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is advising travellers that the Chief Mountain port of entry will be open for the summer season from Friday, May 15, 2026, to Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Chief Mountain is located along Highway 6 in Alberta on the boundary of Waterton Lakes Na more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11681) on May 6, 2026, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The LGM-35A Sentinel is envisioned as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system that is expected to replace the Minuteman III (MMIII) ICBM in the U.S. nuclear force structure. MMIII has served as the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad - land-based ICBMs, su more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Downing Introduces the Accelerating Forest Management Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Troy Downing introduced the Accelerating Forest Management Act, legislation to codify the Bureau of Land Management's proposed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) categorical exclusion for timber salvage projects in order to speed up active forest management, reduce wildfire risk, and support rural economies. The legislation would permanently autho more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 6 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Gianforte Highlights Small Businesses, Strength of Rural Communities in Eastern Montana * PLENTYWOOD, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today continued his annual 56 County Tour in eastern Montana, meeting with childcare providers, small business owners, and producers to highlight the strength of Montana's rural communities and economies.  "Small businesses are the backbone of our local economies," Gov. Gianforte said. "From our teachers  more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Holds Town Hall in Sidney SIDNEY, Mont. - Continuing his 56 County Tour, Governor Greg Gianforte last night hosted a town hall in Sidney to hear directly from Montanans on their priorities for more good-paying jobs, support for ag producers, and stronger families.  "The 56 County Tour gives me the opportunity to connect directly with folks from every corner of our state," Gov. Gianforte said. "These town halls create an ope more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-603) on the No Censors on our Shores Act (H.R. 1071). The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on April 9, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 1071, the No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), would make foreign government officials who are responsible for, or directly carry out, any act against a U.S. citizen in the United States that, if committed by a U.S. government official in the United St more ST

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * In Kennewick, Murray Sounds Alarms on Republican Cuts to Health Care, Pushing Rural Health Care to Brink * ***PHOTOS AND B-ROLL HERE Kennewick, WA - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, held a roundtable discussion with health care professionals at Columbia Valley Center for Recovery to discuss the new challenges health care providers are facing nearly a year after Republicans passed the lar more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 7 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska Leads 23-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Uphold Mifepristone Stay Today, Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers filed an amicus brief on behalf of 23 states asking the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court's stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The stayed rule, issued in 2023 by the Biden-era FDA, has the prac more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Readout of Daines' Congressional Delegation Trip to China * U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) today conducted three official meetings in Beijing with Premier of China Li Qiang, Chairman of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji, and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The bipartisan delegation discussed the importance of d more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, posted the following news release: * * * Scripps reports Q1 2026 financial results * May 7, 2026 By Carolyn Micheli CINCINNATI - The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) delivered $517 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026. Loss attributable to the shareholders of Scripps was $18 million or 20 cents per share. Business notes : * Net leverage at the end of the first quarter was 3.9x, per the calculations in company credit agreements, whi more PR