ATLANTA, Georgia, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - February 2025": * * * Regional prices increased 0.3 percent in February and 2.3 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Applauds Trump Administration's Update to WOTUS Definition WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) efforts to align agency implementation actions with the law across the nation and   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Capito Applauds Trump Administration's Update to WOTUS Definition WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE)  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Wicker Lead Letter Supporting Offensive Cyber Capabilities WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Republican Policy Committee (RPC) Chairman, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a group of their Republican colleagues in a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express the strong support among Senate Republi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Joins the National Corn Growers Association's "Cobcast" to Talk Year-Round E15 U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined the National Corn Growers Association's "Cobcast" to discuss her bill securing the year-round, nationwide sale of E15. During the episode, she emphasized the vital role ethanol plays for Nebraska producers and rural communities. She highlighted her decade of advocacy for pe  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: At Hearing, Military Leaders Agree with Warren: DoD Must Audit Giant Health Care Contractors That Price Gouge Taxpayers "DHA is paying Express Scripts billions of taxpayer dollars to manage the TRICARE benefit and negotiate with itself - and DHA isn't even bothering to check the books." Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Comm  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. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Applauds EPA's WOTUS Actions WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's steps to add clarity to the federal government's definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). "I am thrilled to learn that sanity has returned to the EPA," said Lummis. "Today's announcement by the  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Man Admits to Drug and Firearms Charges MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Ryan Zajac, age 30, of Parkville, Maryland, has admitted to methamphetamine and firearms charges. Zajac pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine and possession of firearms in connection with  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crimes CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Catra Nelson, also known as "Trey," 48, of Zanesville, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Announces Reconsideration of Biden-Harris Rule, "Clean Power Plan 2.0", That Prioritized Shutting Down Power Plants While Raising Costs on American Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will reconsider the Biden-Harris Administration's regulations on power plants, commonly known as "Clean Power Plan 2.0." The fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will be kicking off a formal reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other relevant agencies. EPA also intends   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA to Reconsider Biden-Harris MATS Regulation That Targeted Coal-Fired Power Plants to be Shut Down WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will reconsider the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) from the Biden-Harris Administration that drew a lawsuit from 23 states. The Trump Administration is considering a 2-year compl  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Voltage-Controlled Oscillator With Tunable Tail Harmonic Filter ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC., Malta, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12249959 B1, initially filed Oct. 11, 2023) developed by Qiao Yang, Shanghai, China, and Chi Zhang, Allen, Texas, for "Voltage-controlled oscillator with tunable tail harmonic filter." *** Automated Vertical-Curve-Later  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Processes for Recovery of Rhodium From a Hydroformylation Process ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- DOW TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LLC, Midland, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12246310 B2, initially filed Oct. 20, 2020) developed by six inventors Marinus A. Bigi, Pearland, Texas; Michael A. Brammer, Lake Jackson, Texas; Thomas C. Eisenschmid, Cross Lanes, West Virginia; Glenn A.  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 13 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Signs Riley Gaines Act Into Law The bill defines sex-based terms and allows for private spaces for women Charleston, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey was joined by Riley Gaines and other supporters to sign into law HB 456, the Riley Gaines Act. This bill defines sex-based terms terms like "male" and "female" in the state code to a  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Lawmakers to Hegseth: Ending DoD Climate Change Programs Threatens National Security, Puts American Lives and Billions of Taxpayer Dollars at Risk "As Secretary of Defense, your first duty is to the United States and the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen you now lead, not any political mission." Climate change threatens DoD operations, strategies, infrastructure, supply chains Text  more