WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Schrier Introduces Bill to Streamline Regulation, Support Farmers, Ranchers, and Dairy Producers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, CongresswomanKim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act (Innovative FEED Act). This bipartisan legislation would update FDA processes to create a more efficient approval process for live  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revoked the DEA Certificate of Registration of Rachel Jackson, P.A., a physician assistant in Sabattus, Maine, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2025. The decision, documented under publication number 2025-04752, stems from Jackson's voluntary surrender of her Maine physician assistant license to the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine, effective July 11, 2023. The DEA issued an Ord  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finalized a rule establishing a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-161 while amending several existing RNAV routes across the eastern United States. This initiative is part of the Northeast Corridor Atlantic Coast Route (NEC ACR) Optimization Project, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). The changes are scheduled to take effect at 0901 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on June 12, 2  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Shaheen Stress Important Role of Military Firefighters at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are expressing their concerns about the potential loss of Department of Defense (DoD) firefighters on probationary status at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY). In a letter to A  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand USDA Reverse $1 Billion in Canceled Local Food Purchases for Schools, Farmers Lujan, Schiff, Klobuchar, and Shaheen spearhead effort to stop "further pain at a time of high food prices and instability within U.S. agricultural markets" Anthony, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a group of 31 Senators dema  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Maine MaineCare is the state's Medicaid program. More than 350,000 Mainers rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Mainers' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cut  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, March 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Central Maine Power Company's (CMP) annual adjustment to its line extension pricing, as mandated by Chapter 395 of the Commission's rules. This decision, issued on March 19, 2025, follows an investigation into CMP's reported costs and revenues associated with electric distribution line extensions completed in 2024. CMP is required to submit an annual report detailing its line extension costs and revenues. The  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, March 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Versant Power Company's annual adjustment to its overhead single-phase line extension rate, as required by Chapter 395 of the Commission's rules. The decision, issued on March 19, 2025, follows an investigation into Versant's reported costs and revenues for line extensions completed in 2024. Versant is required to submit an annual report detailing its line extension costs and revenues, which the PUC uses to d  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 45 Colleagues File Amicus Brief To Protect Access To Reproductive Health Care HARTFORD-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined the Senate Democratic caucus in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of protecting the right  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, has completed an inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation with four federally recognized tribes in Maine. The museum will return the remains to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe (Indian Township and Pleasant Point), and the Penobscot Natio  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Demand USDA Reverse $1 Billion in Canceled Local Food Purchases for Schools, Farmers Padilla joins effort to stop "further pain at a time of high food prices and instability within U.S. agricultural markets" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Adam Schiff and 29 other Senators in demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture reverse its ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation DOI Funding Restored Washington, D.C. - Following a meeting with Chief Pos Bassett of the Passamaquoddy Reservation at Pleasant Point and further consultation with the Administration, today, Senator Collins announced that her office has received notice from the Department of the Interior (DOI) that previously paused federal funding  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Concludes that the Maine Department of Education Is Violating Title IX WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to Maine Department of Education (MDOE) Commissioner Pender Makin notifying her that OCR has concluded that MDOE has policies and practices that are in  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * University of Maine System Chooses Sanity: Complies with President Trump's Policy of Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports WASHINGTON, March 19, 2025 - After the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated a Title IX compliance review regarding federal funding, the University of Maine System (UMaine) has clearly communicated its compliance with Title IX's requirement to protect equal o  more