WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management received no bids for the congressionally mandated oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge). The deadline to submit bids was Monday, January 6. The expired deadline to submit bids concludes the second congressionally mandated sale required by the 2017 Tax Act, whi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $121 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities prepare for the most severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands. This is the largest amount of annual funding awarded to Tribes and Tribal organizations in the history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Tribal Community Resilience Annua  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced more than $332 million for 171 grants across 32 states to modernize airports through the Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $25 billion over five years for airport and air traffic control infrastructure improvements. The AIG funds can be used f  more