WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49059) on Aug. 3, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams." The report is written by natural resources policy specialists Anna E. Normand and Pervaze A. Sheikh and research planning coordinator Erin H. Ward. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has repeatedly debated how to operate and allocate resources from federal water resources projects-such as multipurpose federal dams-to se more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis: * * * Through data governance, tribes protect "digital land" and build tribal economies At the 2026 Center for Indian Country Development Data Summit, tribal leaders explored the interconnected nature of tribal digital sovereignty Article Highlights * Artificial intelligence raises new risks to tribal data but also new economic benefits * Tribal leaders weigh implications for data governance, workforce development * Economic data hel more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49058) on July 31, 2026, entitled "The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 - Background, Impact, and Issues" by social policy analyst Zhe Li. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA; P.L. 118-273), signed into law on January 5, 2025, repealed two provisions in the Social Security Act: the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The changes applied to monthly bene more PR