WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Environmental Defense Fund submitted a public comment letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration addressing concerns over PHMSA's treatment of a special permit request from Texas Gas Transmission LLC (Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0067). The permit application concerns TGT's 16-inch SPL 20-1TT pipeline segments in DeSoto County, Mississippi, which now fall under stricter Class 3 location safety standards due to increased nearby human activity but curre more ST

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Todd A. Cox, associate director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, from a May 19, 2026, hearing entitled "Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court's Command Against Racial Gerrymandering": * * * I. INTRODUCTION Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and members of the Committee: My name is Todd A. Cox, and I am Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The states of Louisiana and Mississippi, through their respective attorneys general, submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) supporting the agency's 2026 Proposed Rule on risk management and financial assurance for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease and grant obligations. This letter responds to the U.S. Department of the Interior agency's effort to replace the 2024 Final Rule, which Louisiana and Mississippi challenged in federal  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Pipeline Safety Trust, Bellingham, Washington state, a national non-profit organization focused solely on pipeline safety, has submitted a public comment letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding a special permit request by Texas Gas Transmission (Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0067). The special permit application seeks a waiver of federal odorization requirements for short segments of a natural gas p more ST

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hassan, Goodlander Honor Fallen Service Members at New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony * (Boscawen, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) delivered remarks at a Memorial Day event at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery to honor the brave service members who gave their l more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Wesley Biblical Seminary, Ridgeland, Mississippi, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education expressing concerns about proposed regulations under the "Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell" rulemaking, specifically targeting the Student Tuition and Transparency System and Earnings Accountability (Docket No. ED-2026-OPE-0100). The seminary argues that the Department's im more ST