JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Act now! Payment deadline extended for West Region beneficiaries FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - *Note: This article was originally published Jan. 21. It was updated Feb. 24 to reflect the payment deadline extension to March 31.*  Do you currently live in the West Region ? Or do you live in one of the six states (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Ok  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Lowell Town Hall, Warren Lays Out Three Ways She's Fighting Back Against Trump, Musk's Dangerous Government Takeover Video of Remarks (YouTube) Boston, MA - At a town hall in Lowell, MA on Tuesday, March 18th, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) laid out her strategy to fight Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's dangerous government takeover hurting Massachusetts families and invited ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Raises Concerns About How NOAA Firings Will Impact Great Lakes WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a group of her colleagues are pressing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for more information about the termination of staff and the potential impact these firings will have on the health and commerce on the Great Lakes, including the countless W  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Slams CDC Ending HIV Programs in Wisconsin, Calls on Decision to be Reversed "After nominating an HHS Secretary who doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS, this Administration is now eliminating life-saving HIV prevention programs. Make no mistake, the most vulnerable will suffer for this decision. Wisconsin needs these federal resources for HIV prevention efforts and to rea  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * DATCP Accepting Applications for Export Expansion Grants Through April 9 MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for new Export Expansion Grants through April 9, 2025. These grants are funded through the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports (WIA  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule extending the deadline for the removal of the 1-psi gasoline volatility waiver in Ohio and nine counties in South Dakota by one year, moving the effective date from April 28, 2025, to April 28, 2026. This decision follows petitions from the Governors of Ohio and South Dakota requesting additional time to comply with the regulatory changes aimed at reducing air pollution. The 1-psi waiver, originall  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that imports of paper plates from China, Thailand, and Vietnam are causing material injury to the U.S. industry. The ruling follows an investigation into claims that these products were being sold in the United States at less than fair value and, in the case of China and Vietnam, were also benefiting from government subsidies. The investigation was initiated on January 25, 2024, after petit  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into the importation and sale of certain glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and related components following a complaint filed by Klein Tools, Inc., of Lincolnshire, Illinois. The investigation, identified as Investigation No. 337-TA-1442, stems from allegations that these products infringe on multiple U.S. patents held by Klein Tools and violate Section 337 of the Tariff Act   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks, Sherrill Introduce the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act Washington, D.C - U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act, legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a pilot program to improve recycling accessibility in communiti  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * National Museum of the American Indian Announces Truman Lowe Exhibition The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will open "Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe" this fall at its museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibition, the first major retrospective of the acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist (b. 1944-d. 2019), opens to the public Oct.   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with multiple Native American tribes, leading to their planned repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, which represent at least three individuals, were found in Racine, Wisconsin, and are linked to the region's ancient effigy mound builders. The remains, consisting of bone fragme  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The National Science Foundation has issued a meeting notice, published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2025. The meeting by the Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at University of Wisconsin is scheduled for April 4, 2025. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting: Name and Committee Cod  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and identified a cultural affiliation with the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin. The human remains, consisting of hair clippings from two Native American students at the Flandreau Indian School in Moody County, South Dakota, were collected between 1930 and   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Johnson, Grassley Continue to Fight for Unredacted Crossfire Hurricane Interview Transcripts WASHINGTON - On Monday, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel requesting their offices take immediate a  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Strickland Leads Bipartisan Bill for Intergenerational Caregiving Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), alongside Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the bipartisan Care Across Generations Act. The bill establishes a grant program for long-term care facilities to operate or contract with a childcare program and facilitate intergenerational activities. "Caregi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released the following public communication dated March 11, 2025, from the Wisconsin Bankers Association, Madison, Wisconsin: * * * To: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219 * Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has completed an inventory of funerary objects and determined a cultural affiliation between the artifacts and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which mandates the return of human remains and associated funerary objects to culturally affiliated tribes. The objects, a collection of seven chipped-stone biface  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * January Local Employment and Unemployment Data Released MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development today released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates of employment and unemployment statistics for metropolitan areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin for January 2025. In brief, the nonseasonally adjusted data for Wisconsin sh  more