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. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Defenders Stands Against Rejection of Bison Grazing Lands * Defenders of Wildlife is joining conservation group American Prairie in protesting a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to revoke a decision allowing bison to graze on 63,000 acres of prairie grasslands in Montana, allotments that were previously classified for only cattle by the BLM. American Prairie manages a her more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 7 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * American Prairie Challenges BLM's Proposed Revocation of Bison Grazing Permits The administration's proposal sets a dangerous precedent on public land management, reversing longstanding practice * Lewistown, MT -- American Prairie today challenged a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal that, if approved, will revoke grazing permits used to sustain the group's bison herd in nor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Joan Johnson, a council member representing Gros Ventre at large of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, Montana, 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": * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the Fort Belknap In 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 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2026, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * Dr. Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs * Mr. Jeremy Carl, of Montana, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organizations) * * * Original text here: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/heari more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Sheehy Introduces Bipartisan Wildfire and Forest Management Bill Senator Tim Sheehy introduced the Carbon Resource Innovation Act, a bill making innovative, private sector technology to capture carbon eligible for the 45Q carbon capture tax credit. This legislation will make it easier for companies to engage in responsible forest management, reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire. Senator Maria Cant more PR