WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released data on the submissions (complaints, inquiries, and opinions) it has received from consumers about air travel for January-May 2024. The release of the submissions data in the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) was delayed primarily because of the tens of thousands of complaints received against airlines and ticket agents received by the Off  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Also being offered through ACT NOW funding are Conservation Planning Activities (CPAs), Design and Implementation Activities (DIAs), Conservation Evaluation and Monitoring Activities (CEMAs), Soil Health Practices, Tree Mortality Practices, and High Tunnels. * * * HAMILTON SQUARE, N.J., Sept. 18, 2024 - The United States Department of Agriculture's (US  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following commentary by State Rep. Ed Neilson, D-Philadelphia, chairman of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee: * * * Reality of Pennsylvania's Need for Transportation Funding Pennsylvania's transportation policy touches every facet of our lives. From the roads, bridges, rails, ships and planes we ride on to the packages we pick up on our porch, transportation policy created at the federal, state and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The White House issued the following readout of a roundtable on Sept. 17, 2024, with youth voting leaders: * * * Yesterday, on National Voter Registration Day, the White House hosted a roundtable discussion to hear directly from youth leaders about their nonpartisan efforts to promote youth civic engagement across the country. College and high school student leaders from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas discussed their n  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 20 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release: In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Josh Kaul and 41 other attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. "Raising awareness about the harmful impact th  more