ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 19 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Gains, While New York and D.C. Lag; Texas, Nevada Lead in Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While New York and Vermont Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 35 states in June from a year earlier, while 29 states added construction jobs between May and June, according to a n  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Anchorage, AK Grupos ambientalistas nacionales y comunitarios celebraron una victoria legal este martes, cuando un juez de un tribunal de distrito federal anulo una oferta de arrendamiento para exploracion de petroleo y gas en altamar, en Cook Inlet de Alaska, al haber encontrado que el gobierno federal violo la ley al realizar la venta. La oferta de arrendamiento 258, celebrada por el   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript of a conference on Arctic security and homeland cruise missile defense hosted by the Missile Defense Project: * * * John J. Hamre: We're delighted to have you here. Unfortunately, Senator Sullivan is not in the room, but that's because he's a senator, and he's up doing all the work for us, representing the great state of Alaska. And thank you, Senator, we can now see you, and it's really g  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today called on the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden administration's latest student loan cancellation scheme, "Saving on a Valuable Education" (SAVE). In an amicus brief filed in Alaska v. U.S. Department of Education, DFI argues SAVE is illegal because the Education Department failed to consider public com  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Anchorage, AK National and community-based environmental groups celebrated a legal victory on Tuesday, when a federal district court judge overturned an offshore oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet because the federal government violated the law when holding the sale. Lease Sale 258, held by the Department of Interior in December 2022, opened nearly a million acres of federal   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund issued the following news release: * * * Alaska, Southwest, Delta rank best; cancellations dropped in 2023 but delays increased * * * Complaints against U.S. airlines increased by nearly 29% and hit a new record in 2023, even though the number of passengers increased only 11% compared with 2022, according to The Plane Truth 2024, a new report by U.S. PIRG Education Fund. Based on our analysis of data rele  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, July 17 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: MIDLAND, Mich. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden administration's latest illegal and unconstitutional student loan program. The Mackinac Center, along with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, Cato Institute and the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, filed an amicus brief asking the C  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Biden Administration launched a process that could result in additional protections for untouched landscapes in the Western Arctic The Department of the Interior announced it would seek input on a proposed plan that could expand existing Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), commonly known as the Western Arctic. Special Areas are designated places with significant ecol  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 15 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, issued the following news release: Columbus, OH On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed its second amicus brief in Alaska v. U.S. Department of Education (previously Kansas v. Biden), calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell the Biden administration, again, that President Biden's SAVE program  more