BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following newsletter on April 9, 2024: * * * FHLBank Chicago's Community First(R) Housing Counseling Resource Program (HCRP) (https://click.e.fhlbc.com/?qs=eb25e35d4c03936405dbeff066a7efe54927f40a976c5fd1bca35de5bb896f4749a2e010af171f7b7dffa32729e970b774f1a36d142031ae) provides grants to HUD-certified housing counseling agencies in Illinois and Wisconsin to fa  more

CROSS PLAINS, Wisconsin, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) invites public comment on the proposed re-route of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Rusk County within the Rusk County Forest. Currently, there are approximately 22 miles of the trail in Rusk County representing a combination of foot travel only paths, shared use trails, logging roads, and the shoulder of a cou  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 9 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on April 8, 2024, during his visit to Madison Area Technical College on his student loan debt relief plan: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Wisconsin. (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello. Please, have a seat if there is -- you have one. (Laughter.) Gov, thank you. Thank you for that nice introduction. And thank you, Ashley, for tha- -- introducing me and sharing your story. I, like an awful lot of people in this audience had  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration's new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. The plans, if implemented, would provide debt relief to over 30 million Americans when combined with actions the Biden-Harris Administration has already taken to cancel student debt over the past three years. While   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House issued the following transcript of news call on April 7, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and senior administration officials on President Biden's efforts on student debt: * * * MR. FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining our press call regarding the President's ongoing efforts to cancel student debt. Today's call will begin with on-the-record remarks from White House Press Se  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, April 9 -- White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on April 8, 2024, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre while en route to Madison, Wisconsin: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Here we go. So, from day one, President Biden vowed to fix the broken student loan system and make sure education was a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity. Today, we are heading to Madison, Wisconsin, where the President will announce his new plans to c  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 10 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that fire management crews will conduct prescribed burns on DNR properties throughout the southern half of the state. Wisconsin has a rich history of periodic burns conducted by tribal citizens for land and wildlife management across the state. Many plant communities in Wisconsin, such as prairie, w  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 10 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, including the Explorium, is again open to the public after closing in March due to a boiler malfunction. Considered a birder's paradise, Horicon Marsh's facilities are reopening just in time for the height of spring migration. "There are few plac  more