WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, MICHIGAN, NEW MEXICO, AND OREGON August 24, 2026 Stevan Pearce, Director U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 1849 C St. NW, Room 5646 Washington, DC 20240 Comments submitted electronically via https://www.regulations.gov, docket ID BLM-2025-0235 RE: Comments on the Proposed "Royalty for  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 1 August 24, 2026 Via Regulations.gov Steve Pearce, Director U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management 1849 C St. NW, Room 5646 Washington, DC 20240 Re: Oil and Natural Gas Associations' Comments on Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") Proposed Rule, Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost from Onshore Federal and Indian Leases, 91 Fed. Reg. 37906 (June more ST

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Protects the Environment and Americans by Opposing a New Oil and Gas Rule on Public Lands * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a multistate comment letter in opposition to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposal to revise its 2024 Rule limiting wasteful leakage, venting, and flaring of gas on leased federal and tribal lands. The 2026 Rule proposes to amend the 2024 Rule and remo more PR

SOCORRO, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology issued the following news: * * * Dr. William Ampomah is Honored with New Mexico Tech's Distinguished Research Award Dr. William Ampomah is an Associate Professor in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Dean Research Scholar, and Section Head of Reservoir Evaluation and Advanced Computational Technologies at New Mexico Tech's Petroleum Recovery Research Center. As such, he has established one of the most impactful, externally recognized research programs at New M more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * New center at NMSU College of Engineering promotes student learning, connection * CUTLINE: Corwyn Shaughnessy, an industrial engineering graduate student at New Mexico State University, is a tutor at the Eloy Torrez Family Learning Communities in Engineering located on the third floor of the Foreman Hall. Tutors help students with studying, homework, or other classes they may have. It is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the work week and more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * NSF awards $4.6M for AI platform speeding scientific discovery * Massive amounts of real-world data are needed to model complex systems. Collecting and organizing the right data takes time, and lots of it. Researchers from the University of Arizona and University of New Mexico were awarded $4.6 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a data storage platform that incorporates an artificial intelligence agent to scour metadata for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following letter with seven co-signers to Orice Williams Brown, acting comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 4, 2026 Ms. Orice Williams Brown Acting Comptroller General of the United States U.S. Government Accountability Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548 Dear Acting Comptroller General Brown: We write to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 25, 2026: * * * Heinrich Releases Statement on 110th Anniversary of the National Park Service, Celebrates National Park Week Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement celebrating the 110th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) today, August 25, 2026, during Na more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. August 25, 2026 Submitted via Federal eRulemaking Portal The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary Angie Salazar, Acting Director Office of Refugee Resettlement U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 RE: Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Sponsor Assessment Update to Include Proof of Identity,  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Adjustable Garment ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- ACUSHNET COMPANY, Fairhaven, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12714160 B2, initially filed Dec. 5, 2024) developed by Brock D. Rankine, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Peter J. Skurla, III, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, for "Adjustable garment." *** Interactive Presentation Visual Guide ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armon more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Wedge Dissectors for a Medical Balloon ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- CAGENT VASCULAR, INC., Wayne, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12714836 B2, initially filed June 12, 2023) developed by three inventors Robert M. Giasolli, Orange, California; Peter Schneider, Honolulu, Hawaii; and Peter Johansson, Wayne, Pennsylvania, for "Wedge dissectors for a medical balloon." *** Aqueous Dispersion of Acrylate-Siloxane Copolyme more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Systems and Methods to Secure Searchable Data Having Personally Identifiable Information ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- THUNES FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, Singapore, Singapore has been assigned a patent (No. US 12719674 B2, initially filed Jan. 31, 2023) developed by three inventors Nicolas J. Scheiblauer, Santa Cruz, California; Aaron Torres, Tukwila, Washington; and Christopher Allen Nowell, Calgary, Canada, for "Systems and methods to sec more ST