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

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Ansari Joins Effort to Ratify Historic Navajo Tribes Water Rights Settlement WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) alongside Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) and Greg Stanton (AZ-04), David Schweikert (AZ-01), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Eli Crane (AZ-01), and Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego introduced the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water R  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Assistant Leader Neguse on Partisan Continuing Resolution: "I will not support legislation that cuts healthcare and veterans benefits for countless Coloradans" Washington, D.C. -- House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) issued the following statement after voting "No" on House Republicans' continuing resolution: "Republican Leadership just put forth a bill on the House Floor that aban  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Capito Reintroduce Bill to Support Family Caregivers Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for eligible and working family caregivers. U.S. Representatives Mike Carey (R-Ohio) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) introduced companion legislatio  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

DENVER, Colorado, March 12 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Care Forward Colorado Adds Over 10,000 Health Care Professionals, Strengthening State's Workforce Building upon the Polis Administration's work to save people money and create a workforce for today and the future DENVER - Today, Governor Polis, joined by Lt. Governor Primavera and the Colorado Department of Higher Education, announced that Colorado has made community college free for over 10  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Carey, Sanchez, Capito, Bennet Reintroduce the Credit for Caring Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and U.S. Rep Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.-38), as well as U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act, bipartisan legislation that would offer a new  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairwoman Greene and Full DOGE Subcommittee Issue Letter to Attorney General & FBI Director Following Wave of Organized Attacks Against Elon Musk and Tesla Following a wave of organized attacks targeting Elon Musk and Tesla car dealerships, charging stations, and vehicles across the country, DOGE Subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, along with every Republican DOGE Subcommittee  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Crow Leads Bipartisan Bill to Establish Space National Guard WASHINGTON - Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO-04) introduced the Space National Guard Establishment Act, new bipartisan legislation that would establish the Space National Guard as the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force. While Space Force was created in 2019, it currently lacks a r  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

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Hickenlooper Lead Bill to Establish Space National Guard Washington, D.C. \--To enhance the work of active duty United States Space Force (USSF) members with a dedicated unit of space warfighting professionals with specialized space education, training and experience, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) introduced the Space Guard Establishment Act. The bill would  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve has received applications under the Change in Bank Control Act to acquire voting shares in multiple banking institutions. The applications, which involve individuals and trusts across several states, are available for public inspection at the respective Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors' offices in Washington, D.C. Among the applications, a group of individuals from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, including Tony Steele, Tyler   more

DENVER, Colorado, March 12 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis: USDA Cuts Hurt Colorado Kids & Farmers DENVER - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled over $7.5 million in funding for Colorado initiatives that help schools and food banks purchase food from local farms, hurting Colorado kids, families and farmers. "By cutting this funding, the Trump Administration is taking away healthy meals from school children and slashing cont  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Further Collaboration Needed Between Federal, State, & Local Law Enforcement to Bring Down Transnational Criminal Organizations WASHINGTON--The Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held a hearing titled, "Enhancing Federal, State, and Local Coordination in the Fight Against Criminal Illegal Aliens." Subcommittee me  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal to Introduce Legislation to Stop Trump from Weaponizing WWII-Era Law Against Immigrants WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, will be introducing the No Round Up Act, legislation to repeal the long-dormant immigration law that allowed for Japanese internment during World War II (WWII) as th  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 11 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly leads Reintroduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Ratify and Fund Historic Navajo Tribes Water Rights Settlement Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, alongside Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), David Schweikert (R-AZ-01), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-07) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03) introduced the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Set  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Gallego Introduce Bill to Expand Economic Opportunity in La Paz County Bill will enable La Paz County to create hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego introduced the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act, legislation to allow La Paz County, Arizona to purchase 3,400 acres of certain federal lands to further its economic dev  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 12 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera Joins Bipartisan Panel on Disability Rights Advocacy at Reeve Summit 2025 DENVER -- Today, Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera participated in a bipartisan panel discussion at the 4th annual Reeve Summit 2025, hosted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The 5th annual summit, Where Care, Cure and Community Connect, brought together individuals living with paral  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Military-Crewed SpaceX Flight Set to Bring Back Astronauts The SpaceX Crew-10 mission, which includes two active-duty U.S. military officers, is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, today on a quest to bring back a pair of NASA astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June 2024. Dubbed Crew Dragon Endurance, the SpaceX Dragon 2 reusable spacecraft is set to doc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 11, 2025. Credit: SpaceX NASA's newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on   more

PASADENA, California, March 11 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning NASA's newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our galaxy. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx lifted off at 8:10 p.m. PDT on Marc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Pettersen, Bennet, Hickenlooper Lead Colorado Democrats In Demanding Answers on Mass Federal Employee Firings WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper led Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-01), Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Jason Crow (CO-06) in a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, demanding information on the recent fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Bonamici Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on School Choice in K-12 Education WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) delivered the following opening statement at today's Early Childhood and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing entitl  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Evans Presented with CropLife's State Leadership Award Congressman Gabe Evans was recently awarded CropLife America's State Leadership Award at Schlagel Farms in Colorado. The award highlights Evans' work in the state legislature for strengthening and advancing crop protection in the state legislature, specifically for his attempts to roll back state pesticide preemption. The award was pre  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pettersen Votes Against Republicans' Partisan Funding Bill WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) voted against Republicans' funding legislation that could cut funding for veterans' benefits, health care, and affordable housing. "For the past two years, Democrats have been the adults in the room and worked in a bipartisan manner to fund the government. But R  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Pettersen, Luna, Jacobs, Lawler's Bipartisan Proxy Voting Resolution Clears Key Hurdle, Setting Up Future House Vote WASHINGTON - Today, the bipartisan Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution - introduced by Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Mike Lawler (R-NY) - cleared a significant hurdle, bringing it one step closer to a vote  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 -- The White House sent to the Senate on March 11, 2025, the nominations of 50 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Richard Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. * John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic. * Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to th  more