WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing on Weaponization of the Justice Department, Judiciary Republicans Remain Silent As Trump's DOJ Promotes Lawlessness and Corruption Subcommittee Democrats Rebuke Trump's Crusade to Use DOJ to Protect Criminals Loyal to the President and Punish Prosecutors and FBI Agents Faithful to the Rule of Law While Republicans Relitigate Debunked  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Alabama - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.1 percent in Alabama, s  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Florida - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.6 percent in Florida, s  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Georgia - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.0 percent in Georgia, n  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Kentucky - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.5 percent in Kentucky,  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Mississippi - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.7 percent in Missis  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in North Carolina - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.7 percent in Nor  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Carolina - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.4 percent in Sou  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Tennessee - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.9 percent in Tennesse  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Democrats Outline Threats to Federal Judiciary Independence Posed by Trump and Musk Democrats Correct the Record: House Republicans Play Politics With Federal Judgeships and Broke A Bipartisan Deal to Strengthen the Judiciary Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)-- Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Democrats Provide Republicans With Much Needed Civics Lesson: Presidents Can't End Birthright Citizenship Via Executive Order Subcommittee Democrats Highlight Resounding Unanimity in Courts Blocking Trump's Unconstitutional Executive Order on the 14th Amendment Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)-- Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 25, 2025 AIR FORCE Stocks-Mann Architects PLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0003); SCM Architects PLLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0005); Architecture Plus Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0006); and Gurri Matute Cromwell JV LLC, Miami, Florida (FA4460-25-D-0007), were awarded a $15,000,000 ceiling, firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 26, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics NASSCO-Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington, is awarded a $654,668,551 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost-plus-award fee/cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Aircraft Carrier shipyard availabilities. This contract includes a five-year base and a one year option, for a six year total ordering period which, if exercised, would brin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * US Department of Labor appoints Randel Johnson as Administrative Review Board Chair WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the appointment of Randel Johnson as the Chair of the Administrative Review Board. The board issues agency decisions in cases arising from worker protection laws, including whistleblower and public contract laws. From August 2020 to 2022, Johns  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Elfreth Highlights Successes of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee and a member of the Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, questioned Professor of Law and Director, Earthrise Law Center, Lewis and Clark Law School, Daniel Rohlf in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Elfreth Joins 84 Democrats in Urging Trump Administration to Restore Public Health Communications and Act Swiftly to Address Worsening Bird Flu Outbreak WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) joined 84 Democratic lawmakers in addressing a letter to the Trump Administration in response to the interagency gag order on external public health communications. The re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from seven State Attorneys General. Here are excerpts: * * * COMMENTS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, OREGON, NEW JERSEY, AND VERMONT February 19, 2025 To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency William J. Clinton Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Comments on the United States Environmental  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mount Ranier, Maryland: * * * The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the EPA's Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts. As the only national nursing organization focused solely on the intersection of health and the environme  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Feb. 21, 2025, from Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health INPowering Communities: * * * We are writing in response to the Federal Register notice at Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360. The Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts provides EPA with a foundation to incorporate analysis and consideration of cumulative impacts (CI) into p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland: * * * Comment on the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360; 89 Fed. Reg. 92125) * * * The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) effort to incorporate cumulative impacts into environ  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: * * * Former CBP Officer Convicted of Smuggling Cocaine from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Atlanta ATLANTA - Following a five-day jury trial, Ivan Van Beverhoudt, 45, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, has been convicted of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 16 kilograms of cocaine. "Van Beverhoudt used his trusted position as a U.S. Cus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon's South Pole A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission as part of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the nex  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 25 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Announces Port of Baltimore Recovery Milestone Following Key Bridge Allision and Collapse ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore's state-owned public and private marine terminals handled 45.9 million tons of cargo in 2024, making it the second-best ever year after 2023 when the port handled a record 52.3 million tons.   more

LANHAM, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Great Places Win: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Celebrates $450,000 in Funding to Horizon Market HAGERSTOWN, MD (February 26, 2025) - Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day today joined officials from Horizon Goodwill Industries, the University System of Maryland, and the City of Hage  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Senate Democrats Investigate Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senate Democrats investigated the Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Senate Floor Speech, Durbin Announces Resolution With Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Other Senate Democrats To Support Critical Work At NIH As Elon Musk, President Trump Continue To Slash Funding February 25, 2025 Durbin asked for unanimous consent from the Senate to pass a resolution in support of NIH; Republicans rejected it WASHINGTON - Today, in a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Dem  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Board of Public Works Approves $1.7 Million for Recreation and Land Conservation in Baltimore, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, and Queen Anne's Counties Funding approved for DNR's Program Open Space Local and Rural Legacy programs The Board of Public Works today approved more than $1.7 million in grants to local governments and land trusts from the Maryland Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Trump's Retaliation Against Law Firm that Aided Jack Smith Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order targeting and stripping security clearances   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Takano's Opening Statement at the Full Committee Legislative Hearing WASHINGTON-- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39) delivered the following opening statement at the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs full Committee Legislative hearing. "In the audience and watching the live  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Raskin Sends Message of Solidarity to Federal Workers, Contractors and the American People Washington, DC -- Amidst waves of federal worker mass firings and federal contract cancellations, and the corresponding degradation of key federal government services and programs, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement: "America depends on the dedication and expertise of our   more

VIENNA, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts issued the following news release: * * * Wolf Trap Awards 14 Grants to Washington, DC Metro Area Public School Educators to Fund Performing Arts Projects Grants Benefit Performing Arts Classrooms in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Montgomery, and Prince George's County Schools and DC Public and Charter Schools Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has awarded grants to 14 teachers at public high schools and mid  more