JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 6 -- Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox issued the following news release: * * * Alaska Steps in to Secure State Interests in a New Chapter of Disagreement Over the Long-Awaited King Cove Road (Anchorage, AK) - The State of Alaska has filed three new motions to intervene in support of the King Cove Road project. In an expedited briefing schedule, the court can either green-light or halt planned construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay. King Cove and Cold B more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 7 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * Farmers Appreciate EPA's Science-Based Approach American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on EPA finalizing the registration of dicamba products. "Farmers appreciate the decision by Administrator Lee Zeldin and the EPA to release a new registration and updated label for dicamba, an important herbicide that allows farmers to grow safe and healt more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson sends letter to EPA to remove woke EV standards * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a letter to the EPA alongside 23 states supporting the end of the Biden-era electric vehicle mandates. "These mandates to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road only raised the costs of vehicles for Americans," Attorney General Wilson sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * BLM announces destructive Western Arctic lease sale * Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale on March 9, offering more than 600 tracts totaling roughly 5.5 million acres in the Western Arctic's 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. In response to this development, The Wilderness Society issued the following st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids, Cole Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Investigate History of Indian Boarding Schools * Washington, D.C. - This week, Congressional Native American Caucus Co-Chairs, Representative Tom Cole (R-OK-04) and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), reintroduced H.R. 7325, (link is external) the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025, to formally investigate more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Selects 25 Organizations to Receive $12 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Boost Local Economies and Clean Up Communities * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants to 25 grantees in communities across the United States. This funding will help grantees recruit, train, and place wor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an administrative change to update the records for the Alaska state implementation plan. This action ensures that the federal list of regulations accurately reflects the air quality control measures already adopted by the state and approved by federal regulators. The update focuses on materials incorporated by reference, which are state-level rules that hold federal weight once approved. By using this method, the E more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has proposed to amend a primary area navigation route to improve connectivity for aircraft traveling near Kodiak, Alaska. The notice of proposed rulemaking suggests extending U.S. Area Navigation Route T-388 to provide better access to terminal services at the Kodiak Airport. Currently, T-388 runs between the Wixer waypoint and the Baily fix, but it does not offer a direct link to airport termina more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 5 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Federal "Guidance" and Georgia Schools: Who's in Charge? * Georgia lawmakers have raised transparency concerns over federal "guidance" communicated to the state Department of Education (GaDOE). While this issue might seem like the ultimate in esoteric "inside baseball," it reflects a serious challenge to state and local governance in education, and has far-reaching consequences for Georg more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, has completed an inventory of human remains representing at least one individual and determined a cultural affiliation with the Native Village of Akutan, Native Village of Atka and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. This announcement, published by the National Park Service on Feb. 3, 2026, initiates the repatriation process under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The remains were removed from the Aleutian Is more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Mark Patterson, Chair of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, and former administrator of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility and Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center, Honolulu, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * Chair, Vice Chair, and members of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Sullivan Talks Arctic Security, Russia-China Incursions & Historic Coast Guard Build-Up with Fox News * WASHINGTON -In a recent article on FoxNews.com, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), discussed the rapidly changing strategic landscape in Alaska's Arctic as increasing activity from Russia and China demonstrate the growing need fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * MURKOWSKI LEADS HEARING ON JUSTICE AND SAFETY FOR NATIVE CHILDREN HIGHLIGHTING TIWAHE, 477, FVPSA, MISSING CHILDREN U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, convened a legislative hearing to examine Title II of her draft legislation, the Native Children's Commission Implementation Act. The bill aims  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (TNSrpt) -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following news release: * * * New Research Highlights the Need for Paid Leave in 37 States "Paid Leave Means a Stronger Nation" makes the case for a nationwide paid family and medical leave law to help working families in every state * As the nation marks 33 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the law that allows people to take unpaid time off from work for caregiving or their own health, more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Pacific Cod Gene Expression Analysis Reveals how Changing Oceans Impact Larvae Energy deficiencies and inflammation may cause warming-related mortality in Pacific cod larvae. * A new study (https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0264) used gene expression analysis to explore how temperature and ocean acidification affect Pacific cod larvae more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Secures Record Funding for Special Diabetes Program * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Health Committee, announced that she secured the reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) through December 31, 2026, at $200 million per year-a $40 million increase and the highest funding level in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Lori Jump, CEO of StrongHearts Native Helpline, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * My name is Lorrie Jump, and I am a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. I am a survivor of both domestic and sexual violence and have been more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Highlights Major Year One PFAS Actions to Combat Risks and Make America Healthy Again * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a top list of actions the agency has taken in the first year of the Trump Administration to combat risks from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and Make America Healthy Again. Und more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Ambassador Greer Signs the United States-Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment Today, Ambassador Jamieson Greer joined Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship Pablo Quirno in signing the United States-Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment (ARTI). "The deepening partnership between President Trump and Pre more PR