WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * A New Era Arrives: Airo Trains Make Their Amtrak Cascades Debut * The next generation of Amtrak travel arrives in the Pacific Northwest PACIFIC NORTHWEST - Amtrak is welcoming customers aboard its all-new Airo trainsets today as a new era of passenger rail arrives in the Pacific Northwest. Beginning today, two cutting-edge Airo trainsets will join the Amtrak Cascades route, operating four daily trips between Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Portlan more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news: * * * Appeal Challenges Federal District Court Decision Upholding Oregon's EPR Law 09/30/2026 In a recent column in RealClearMarkets, Americans for Tax Reform's VP of State Affairs described Extended Produced Responsibility (EPR), a new regulatory regime thus far enacted in eight blue states, explaining how it is "a regressive, hidden tax that Americans will soon know well." "EPR, like cap-and-trade programs and carbon taxes, raises consumer costs by design," that Re more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 29 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Urges Congress to Fully Fund Supreme Court Security * Attorney General Clark joined a letter urging Congress to fully fund the U.S. Supreme Court's Fiscal Year 2027 security request, warning that threats against the Justices and their families have become a serious and escalating danger. In the bipartisan letter to congressional leaders, the attorneys general called for the resources necessary to protect th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases and to submit a claim for compensation. The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut this month granted preliminary approval of a plan, filed by Michigan and a coalition of 47 other more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Opposes Unlawful DHS Rule Fast-Tracking Asylum Seekers into Removal Proceedings Without an Interview (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) new rule limiting affirmative asylum applicants' opportunity to participate in an asylum officer interview and explain why the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum, Oregon Delegation Demand an End to Trump Administration's Violations of Due Process for Immigrants * Today, Representatives Janelle Bynum (OR-05), Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, and Maxine Dexter, along with U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, demanded the Trump administration end the practice of "mega master" immigration hearings that expedite the review of hundreds of immigrants' cases in a day, resulting in a fast-tra more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sep 27, 2026 Governor Newsom signs new laws expanding California's nation-leading reproductive freedom and care What you need to know: Governor Gavin Newsom continued to build on California's nation-leading protection and access for reproductive freedom, signing new legislation to support patients and families across the Golden State and bolster the state's reproductive healthcare workforce. - SACRAMENTO - As Donald Trump continue more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard awards $9.4 million for Yaquina Bay housing improvements * WASHINGTON - The United States Coast Guard awarded a $9.4 million dollar contract on Sept. 17 to Bristol Design Build Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska, for major maintenance and repairs to 16 single-family homes at Station Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon. The project will completely renovate the 1970s-era structures, including replacements of roofing, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. Connects with Wood Village Leaders and the Community * WOOD VILLAGE, OR - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), joined Wood Village Mayor Jairo Rios-Campos for a walk through the city before holding a community listening session with Wood Village and Fairview residents. The visit gave Congresswoman Dexter an opportunity to hear from local leaders and community members about the issues affecting their  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 (TNSletter) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following letter with co-signers to the Congressional leadership: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 28, 2026 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 - The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Chuck Schumer Minority Leader U more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Christine Drazan's Broke Campaign Left Out to Dry by RGA Sep 30, 2026 New reporting from The Oregonian reveals how Christine Drazan's flailing campaign is struggling to "keep pace with Kotek's fundraising" as the Republican Governors Association has "sat out of her 2026 rematch with Gov. Tina Kotek." Drazan's cash on hand has now dwindled to $1.2 million while Kotek heads into the final month of campaigning with $9.2 million on hand. And while th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Sep 30, 2026 The Washington Post: GOP Candidates for Governor Caught Scrubbing Their Websites GOP candidates struggle to defend support for Trump's unpopular, cost-raising agenda - New reporting from the Washington Post highlights how Republicans running for governor "have quietly been removing mentions of President Donald Trump and his movement from their campaign websites, given the president's slumping approval rating." Bobby Charles in Main more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL34209) on Sept. 18, 2026, entitled "Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance" by natural resources policy analyst Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Oceanic conditions, climate, human activities, and weather events can affect fishery resources and commercial infrastructure, such as boats, shoreside processing, and ports. Congress authorized the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to provide disaster assistance to the fishi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL34209) on Sept. 18, 2026, entitled "Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance:" (Continue from Part 1 of 3) * * * Secretarial Disaster Determinations Since 1994, the Secretary of Commerce has made 144 different fishery disaster determinations, of which 130 were original determinations and 14 were continuations to existing determinations./86 Since fishery disaster assistance began, the Secretary has issued determinations valuing approximately  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * GDP (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 2nd Quarter 2026; State PCE, 2025 * Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the third estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.5 percent (revised). Real more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Appoints Ryan Keck as Criminal Justice Commission Director * Salem, OR - Today, Governor Tina Kotek announced the appointment of Ryan Keck, the current interim executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), as the agency's next permanent executive director, effective October 1, 2026. Keck brings 27 years of public service experience, beginning as a corrections deputy and later serving in leadership roles at the  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 29 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU inscribe a su primer participante de la Costa Oeste en un ensayo de edicion genetica por colesterol alto * Oregon Health & Science University ha inscrito al primer participante en la Costa Oeste en un ensayo clinico que utiliza edicion genetica para reducir una forma de colesterol alto conocida por aumentar el riesgo de infarto y accidente cerebrovascular. El ensayo multicentrico y abierto esta evaluando la seguridad de una infusion uni more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 30 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU secures $4.6 million to expand clinical trials in underserved rural communities * Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network and their partners at the University of Washington School of Medicine's WWAMI region Practice and Research Network have secured $4.6 million in renewed CARE for Health(tm) funding that will bring two promising clinical studies and ongoing infrastructure support  more PR

STANFORD, California, Sept. 30 -- Stanford University Law School posted the following news: * * * Remembrance: Professor Byron Sher * Byron Sher, a long-time Stanford Law School professor and California state legislator who helped usher in landmark environmental laws-including the first state law to mention "global warming"-died on Sept. 12 at his home on a pear orchard in Placerville where he once oversaw a yield of 500 tons of the fruit in a single harvest. Sher was 98. In 2002, Sher authored California's Renewables Portfolio Standard ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * REP. HOYLE APPLAUDS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ROBUST ECONOMIC LEGISLATIVE SLATE * EUGENE, OR - Today, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), released the following statement after joining her colleagues in the Democratic Women's Caucus in launching their slate of economic priorities. "Working families deserve financial security, a path to the middle class and economic opportunity," said Rep. Hoyle. "This administration is stripping Americans of these more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Report: How Radical Environmental Special Interests Manipulate the Federal Judiciary September 30, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "How Radical Environmental Special Interests Manipulate the Federal Judiciary." The report reveals how the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a left-wing environmental activist group that pushes for great more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.30.26 Republicans Block Merkley's Bill to Eliminate Pocket Rescissions After the Trump Administration Again Illegally Claws Back Funds Without Consent from Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - After the Trump Administration issued another illegal pocket rescission late Friday night, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, took to the Senate floor to pass his bill, which more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 30,2026 Finance Democrats Demand Scott Bessent Pay Back Unpaid Payroll Taxes During His Confirmation Hearing, Bessent Agreed to Pay Payroll Tax Evaded During His Time as a Hedge Fund Manager Latest Second Circuit Court Ruling is Another Confirmation That Limited Partner Loophole is an Illegal Tax Dodge - Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee (Committee) Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.30.26 Republicans Block Democrats' Bill to Stop Trump from Robbing the American People with "Pocket Rescissions" Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, in seeking unanimous consent to pass a commonsense bill to stop President Trump from robbing th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.30.26 New Report Reveals How American Families Are Paying the Price for Trump's Broken Promises REPORT: Broken Promises, Real Costs: 11 Trump Lies That Are Hurting Americans - WASHINGTON, D.C. - As costs continue to skyrocket and President Trump shows no interest in addressing the needs of the American people, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 30,2026 Senate Unanimously Approves Bipartisan Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today applauded the Senate's unanimous approval of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service (TAS) Act, a package of 65 bipartisan reforms to modernize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), strengthen taxpayer ri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Merkley-Curtis Bipartisan Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act * Bipartisan legislation would remove regulatory burden on proactive forest management, lower net emissions Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced that the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA). Merkley and Cur more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Padilla Bill to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Increase Use of Prescribed Fire * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla's (D-Calif.) Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA) of 2026, a bipartisan bill to make it easier for states and communities to use prescribe fire to reduce hazardous fuel and prevent catastrophic wildfires. The legislation now heads to the House of Rep more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Two Federal Courts Rule Trump Administration's Elimination of Solar For All Program Unlawful, Advancing the Effort of Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Senator Jeff Merkley To Save the Program * #Congress created the $7 billion renewable energy program to deliver solar projects to 900,000 households in disadvantaged communities, saving families $350 million every year more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * US Department of Labor awards $43 million to 7 states to support skills training in shipbuilding, manufacturing, aerospace, other critical industries * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $43 million in Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund grants to seven states to invest in employer-driven skills training programs for critical industries like shipbuilding, advanced manufacturing, and nuclear energy. Administered more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Fiscal Year 2027 Sugar Loan Rates, Allotment and Marketing Allocations; Fiscal Year 2026 Reallocations * (Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2026) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced sugar loan rates for crop year 2026 (fiscal year 2027). CCC also announced sugar beet and sugarcane allotments and processor marketing allocations for the fiscal year 2027, a more PR

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 30 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus posted the following news: * * * UTC names Caitlan Hendrickson as University ombudsperson * As ombudsperson, Caitlan Hendrickson will provide an independent, impartial, informal and confidential resource for members of the UTC community. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has selected Caitlan Hendrickson, an experienced organizational ombuds and conflict resolution professional with more than 20 years of experience, to serve as the University's new o more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 30 -- Portland State University posted the following news release: * * * Why do pickles glow? PSU researcher investigates explosive answer * If you mount a pickle on two metal forks and plug it into a socket, one end will light up in a brilliant orange glow. It's a classic K-12 science demonstration, but the exact physics behind the illumination has long remained a mystery. Josh Mendez, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Portland State University, was surprised to learn that the glowing pickle was s more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSida) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 30,2026 Wyden Demands Immediate Release of Epstein Investigation Document Illegally Concealed by Trump's DOJ and FBI Wyden's Follow-the-Money Investigation Discovers Existence of at least one FBI Report on Interview of a Banker Tied to Epstein; Trump and Blanche Have Illegally Hidden the Report from the Public and Congress - Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ro more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Introduces Bill to Ban Data Centers on Public Lands * #Wyden bill follows public reporting that Trump administration is trying to transfer over 17,000 acres of public land in the West for data center development Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today introduced legislation that would ban the development, sale or transfer of federally-owned public lands for the purpose of constructing new data centers and associated infrastructure in Or more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Hoyle, Dexter, Bynum Oppose Trump's Undermining of Due Process and Politicizing Immigration Courts * #Oregon lawmakers demand an end to expedited "mega master" hearings in Portland, Tacoma, and other immigration centers. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum, today demanded the Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Hoyle, Dexter, Bynum Oppose Trump's Undermining of Due Process and Politicizing Immigration Courts * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum, today demanded the Trump administration end the practice of "mega master" immigration hearings that expedite the review of hundreds of immigr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Hoyle, Dexter, Bynum Oppose Trump's Undermining of Due Process and Politicizing Immigration Courts * #Oregon lawmakers demand an end to expedited "mega master" hearings in Portland, Tacoma, and other immigration centers. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum, today demanded the Trump ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Hoyle, Dexter, Bynum Oppose Trump's Undermining of Due Process and Politicizing Immigration Courts * Oregon lawmakers demand an end to expedited "mega master" hearings in Portland, Tacoma, and other immigration centers. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum, today demanded the Trump adm more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bynum Announce $100,000 for Central Oregon Wildfire Recovery * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum, today announced $100,000 in federal awards to support displaced Oregonians and wildfire recovery efforts for Central Oregon communities that lost homes in the 2026 wildfires. "As wildfires in central Oregon and statewide set new records every year in size and intensit more PR