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 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 Arkansas More than 821,000 Arkansans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Arkansans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Arkansans. Medicai  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * First State Bank Uses FHLB Dallas Economic Development Program to Aid Rural Texas Hospitals HASKELL, TEXAS, March 19, 2025 -- First State Bank of Abernathy, Texas, used Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) Economic Development Program (EDP) advances (loans) to aid three struggling West Texas hospitals. First State Bank used   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park, Kotzebue, Arkansas, has announced plans to transfer human remains discovered within Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska to the appropriate tribal representatives, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, representing at least two individuals of Native American ancestry, were found at the Igliqtiqsuigvigruaq site, de  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 36 Colleagues To Education Secretary: "We Will Not Stand By As You Attempt To Turn Back The Clock On Education In This Country" WASHINGTON-- 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.) on Tuesday joined 36 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to S  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Nelson Gallery Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri in consultation with the Quapaw Nation, has announced the planned repatriation of a rare human head effigy jar under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The artifact, estimated to have been created between A.D. 1450 and 1650, holds significant cultural and historical importance to the Quapaw people. The jar, made of tan-colored ceramic with incised facial designs and red-painted  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Condemn Trump Administration's Gutting of Education Department Senators to Education Secretary: "We will not stand by as you attempt to turn back the clock on education in this country" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As President Trump and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department of Education, Senators Alex Padilla and 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