WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. August 5, 2026 Bryan Bedford Administrator Federal Aviation Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility (Docket No. FAA-2026-4558; Notice No. 26-03) Dear Administrator Bedford, The Edison Electric Instit more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has adopted a final rule requiring inspections of engine couplings on more than 4,100 Airbus helicopters registered in the U.S. after reports that an engine flange may have been installed incorrectly during production, creating a risk of power loss and loss of aircraft control. The rule takes effect on September 10, 2026, and applies to Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350D, EC130B4 and EC130T2 helicopters m more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. August 5, 2026 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Submitted via: www.regulations.gov Re: A4A Comments to Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility (FAA-2026-4558) To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of Airlines for America's (A4A) members,1 we appreciate the  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted Alaska final authorization to operate its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, concluding the program of the state meets federal standards for administering hazardous waste regulations. The authorization took effect Aug. 6, 2026, allowing Alaska to administer its program in place of the federal hazardous waste program, except in Indian country and areas of exclusive federal jurisdiction where EPA retains authority. The agen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 1 Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Docket No. FAA-2026-4558 Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility The Alaska Power Association, Inc. ("APA"), is the statewide trade association for electric utilities in Alaska. Our members provide power from Utqiagvik to Unalaska, throughout the Interior and Southce more ST

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 5 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Firearm Registration Regulations in Win for West Virginia * CHARLESTON, WV -Today, Attorney General JB McCuskey announced a major win for gun owners in West Virginia. A federal judge has ruled in favor of West Virginia and 14 other states in a lawsuit challenging the National Firearms Act (NFA). The decision deems the NFA's burdensome registration regulations of short-barre more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 7 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: * * * GCI donation supports hands-on cultural learning for North Slope youth GCI's $7,500 contribution helps the Arctic Education Foundation bring youth together for a weeklong culture camp - On Alaska's North Slope, some of life's most important lessons are learned on the land. Whether it's harvesting traditional foods, navigating the tundra or spending time with Elders and community knowledge holders, these experiences help connect young pe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. August 4, 2026 SUBMITTED VIA FEDERAL E-RULEMAKING PORTAL: https://www.regulations.gov ATF Rulemaking Comments Mail Stop 6N-518, Office of Regulatory Affairs Enforcement Programs and Services Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 99 New York Ave. NE Washington, DC 20226 ATTN: RIN 1140-AA85; Docket No. ATF-2026-0008; ATF No. 2025R-25P INTRODUC more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. P.O. Box 239 P.O. Box 239 Second Mesa, AZ 86043 928-737-9000 (O) July 13, 2026 Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 Submitted electronically via Regulations.gov Re: OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance Dear Office of Management and Budget Officials, O more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. OFFICES AT 32 BLOSSOM LANE, MARQUARDT BUILDING, AUGUSTA, MAINE http://www.Maine.gov/dmr PHONE: (207) 624-6550 FAX: (207) 624-6024 August 4, 2026 Audrey Taylor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Office of Strategic Policy and International Affairs 1849 C Street NW, Mailstop: MS-5238 Washington, DC 20240. Dear Audrey Taylor: The Maine Department of Marine more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski and Colleagues Work to Modernize Fisheries Science * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation that would help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) better assess and protect our fisheries. The Fisheries Science Modernization Act would incorporate environmental DNA (eDNA) and other biomolecular tools into NOAA's fisheries science programs more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Duckworth Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children from Dangers of AI Toys Passes Committee Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to help protect children from the dangers posed by toys that use artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots successfully passed through the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) today. The Senators' bipartisan Children's Artificial Intel more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Merkley Seek Information on Executive Order Targeting Smithsonian * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Interior Subcommittee, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum requesting additional information on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) planned implementation of Executive Order 14416, "Restorin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Coast Guard Installations, Allow Cost-Saving Community Partnerships * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), along with U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Cindy Hyde-Sm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Officers Deploy for High Seas Patrols Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing NOAA Fisheries enforcement officers join international partners in Operation North Pacific Guard to combat illegal fishing, protect marine life, and ensure a fair market for U.S. fishermen. - Enforcement officers from NOAA Fisheries' Office of Law Enforcement have successfully wrapped up  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 240 W Front Street, Suite A Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-7891 www.FQHC-pa.org July 27, 2026 The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 ATTN: CMS-2454-IFC RE: Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals (CMS-2454-IF more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 305 Boston Avenue, Stratford, Connecticut 06614 July 31, 2026 The Honorable Dr. Mehmet Oz Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-2454-IFC P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Dear Administrator Oz: On behalf of Optimus Health Ca more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is seeking public comment on 16 applications for special permits covering the transportation of hazardous materials by highway, rail, vessel and cargo aircraft. Comments are due by September 8, 2026. The notice lists applications submitted to the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety for proposed exemptions from Hazardous Materials Regulations. The requests involve a range of materials and transportation methods, includin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Murkowski celebrate Senate passage of ACT for ALS Reauthorization Act Bipartisan legislation will preserve access to promising treatments and accelerate research into ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Co-Chairs of the Senate ALS Caucus, celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Reauthor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * Senators Coons, Murkowski introduce bipartisan bill to use Temporary Protected Status to help vulnerable Afghans in the United States U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026, legislation to protect eligible Afghan nationals already living in the United States from being forced to return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by granting them Temporary Protected more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 1 SIU Community Health Center Programs Integrating Medical, Behavioral and Dental Health With 16 sites across Central and Southern Illinois Health Center Locations Springfield Quincy Decatur Carbondale Jacksonville Lincoln Taylorville Pittsfield Administrative Offices SIU Center for Family Medicine 520 N. 4th Street, Springfield, IL 62702-5238 Phone: 217.757.8137 Fax: more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan & Cruz Lead Letter Urging Sanctions on China's Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Fleet * U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlining a strategy to counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing conducted by China's distant-water fleet. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan, Commerce Committee Advance Legislation to Protect Youth Online, Demand Accountability from Big Tech * WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, yesterday voted with his committee colleagues to advance four pieces of legislation related to the safety of youth online, including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), of which Sen. Sullivan was an original cosponso more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 1 Maritime Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, D.C. Re: Docket MARAD-2026-0729, Development of a Commercially Viable, System-Centric Small Modular Reactor Concept for Deployment in the Marine Transportation System CORE POWER welcomes MARAD's focus on the complete ecosystem needed to make civilian nuclear propulsion usable, scalable and com more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * U.S. Airlines' June 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost down 10.0%, Consumption up 2.5%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 12.2% from May 2026 * This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. All costs more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Contributes to New Study on North America Bison History Genetic material from bison bones collected at Wyoming archaeological sites -- and housed at the University of Wyoming -- played a key role in a sweeping new study about the history of the iconic species in North America. The study -- which involved researchers from more than 30 institutions and organizations, including Wyoming State Archaeologist Spencer Pelton at UW -- appears today in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Support Coast Guard Installations and Allow Cost-Saving Community Partnerships * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation that would allow the U.S. Coast Guard to collaborate with state and local governments through intergovernmental support agreements. "Oregon's Coast Guard works tirelessly every day to keep our coastal communities and fishe more PR