WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today a $3.1 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore wildlife habitat areas in six western states. This funding is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, which is creating good-paying jobs, advancing climate resilience and restoring our nation's lands a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 16 -- The Oregon Department of Transportation issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * We're one of only five states to receive a grant that will help us make walking, biking, and scooting safer for young people in an underserved area of Oregon. "We believe it's crucial to keep our youngest road users safe," said Heidi Manlove, who manages Oregon's Safe Routes to School Education Program at ODOT. "Thanks to this grant, we can give young people better transp  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 16 -- The Oregon Department of Transportation issued the following agency statement on April 15, 2024: * * * We're about a month in to the second funding round of our rebate program for EV charging station projects and we've allocated about half of the available funding so far. Our Community Charging Rebates Program has allocated about $1.2 million for 42 EV charging station projects throughout the state as of April 8. That leaves about $1.3 million left for eligible proj  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Oregon and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides, and mudslides from January 10 to January 22, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in 11 Oregon counties and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 10 - 22, 2024, announced Admin  more