GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 19 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 17, 2024, to Independent Women's Forum Center for Energy Conservation: * * * Biden Administration Puts Up Minimal ANWR Acreage for Leasing in Alaska Written by Sarah Montalbano The Biden administration has repeatedly thrown Alaskans to the wolves when it comes to natural resource development in th  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 20 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Texas and Alaska Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Maryland Lag; Florida and Minnesota Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Monthly Gains, While Indiana Has Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia in November from a year earlier, while 23 states and D.C. added construction jo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: * * * Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, and WCLK in Atlanta Secure Next Generation Warning System Funding * * * Public radio stations Raven Radio in Sitka, AK, and WCLK in Atlanta will receive a total of up to $508,234 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. With these grants, CPB has awarded funding to 40 public media sta  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Los Angeles, CA Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, has filed two lawsuits against the National Marine Fisheries Service (Fisheries Service) for withholding information about the injury and death of marine life taken in commercial fisheries off California and Alaska. The cases were filed after the Fisheries Service provided inadequate responses to multiple Freedom of Information Act (F  more