JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Air Force Medical Service announces 2024 award winners FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards. Joint Base San Antonio had a number of winners in their respective fields The nominations s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West Region advanced 0.6 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Commerce Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reinforce U.S. Space Leadership NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025 will generate economic growth, help space exploration flourish WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Leger Fernandez Re-Introduces Bill to Help New Mexicans Buy a Home of Their Own WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernandez and 10 of her House colleagues introduced the Home of Your Own Act to create national one-time, $30,000 homeownership grants to help New Mexicans and Americans across the country become first-time homeowners. The bill builds on a success  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 12, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY BOH Environmental LLC, Covington, Louisiana, has been awarded a maximum $466,000,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized shipping and storage containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Reg  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Texas Capital Bank Award Almost $2M for Supportive Housing in Austin, Texas 60-Unit Community Will Provide Secure Housing and Services for Vulnerable Groups AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 12, 2025 -- A $1.98 million Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Klobuchar Press USDA on Trump's Plans to Fire Forest Service Workers Responsible for Wildfire Prevention & Watershed Restoration WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pressed the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call on Trump Administration to Halt and Reverse Contract Cancellations Impacting Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits 585 Canceled Contracts Included Those Supporting Implementation of the Bipartisan PACT Act, Legislation that Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Access Health Care and Benefits Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joine  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call on Trump Administration to Halt and Reverse Contract Cancellations Impacting Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits 585 Canceled Contracts Included Those Supporting Implementation of the Bipartisan PACT Act, Legislation that Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Access Health Care and Benefits Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joined   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE New Mexico officers arrest 48 illegal aliens, 20 of whom have criminal charges or convictions ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in conjunction with other federal agencies, arrested 48 illegal aliens who either remained in the country despite being ordered removed by an immigration judge or were charged or convicted of s  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Klobuchar & Warner Formally File Legislation to Undo President Trump's Senseless Taxes on Canadian Goods WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) formally filed legislation to undo President Donald Trump's wildly unpopular tariffs on Canadian goods, w  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 (TNSFR) -- The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has announced the availability of funding for basic field grants to support civil legal aid organizations across the United States and its territories. The funding, contingent on congressional appropriation for Fiscal Year 2026, aims to ensure access to high-quality legal representation for low-income individuals facing civil legal matters. The grants will commence in January 2026 and will be awarded to eligible organizations  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Gutting the Department of Education Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration effectively gutting the Department of Education's workforce: "The Department of Education's mission is to ensure access to education for students in every corner of our country--regardless of w  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Boozman Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Organ Donations and Save Lives Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Boozman (R-AR) reintroduced the bipartisan Honor Our Living Donors (HOLD) Act to make it easier for living donors to give the ultimate gift by expanding eligibility for donor compensation to cover wages, travel, child care, and careg  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cassidy, Trahan Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Increase Online Transparency, Simplify User Agreements Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced the reintroduction of the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act to require commercial websites and mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Republican Budget Could Kick 260,000 New Mexicans Off Their Health Insurance New Mexico Has the Highest Rate of Medicaid-Covered Births, Most Medicaid Recipients Per Capita in the Nation Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement in response to the House Republican Budget Resolution, which could lea  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 2 of Chemical Incident Reports Reports Cover Serious Chemical Incidents in Arkansas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas Washington, D.C. March 12, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it has released Volu  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand HHS Secretary Kennedy Launch National Vaccination Campaign to Stop Spread of Measles and Save Lives Senators: "Increasing vaccine misinformation and hesitancy has lowered vaccination rates, leading to outbreaks like we are seeing today" Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called for immediate action from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Ke  more