WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Demand Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Leland Dudek to demand that he keep Social Security field offices open. Americans will also deliver the letter in-person to Social Security field offices across the country today, in a show of support for Social Secu  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Larson, Hayes, 100+ Lawmakers Demand Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) joined a coalition of over 100 Congressional Democrats in writing to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administrat  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 25 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * School board members' advocacy importance takes center stage this week It's a week full of opportunities for members to engage with OSBA and the legislative process. OSBA held its Advocacy Day (see Adrienne's column) on Thursday, April 24, and the OSBA Legislative Policy Committee will hold its second meeting of 2025 on Friday, April 25. The LPC is OSBA's working committee   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36826) entitled "Portland and Western Railroad Inc. - Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment - Union Pacific Railroad Co.": * * * Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (PNWR), a Class III railroad, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to continue to lease from Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and operate approxim  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Demands Trump Administration Restore Travelers' Rights Mistreatment of travelers to U.S. has generated international travel safety warnings and may hurt upcoming global sporting events hosted in our country like the World Cup, Summer Olympics and the Paralympics Washington D.C. -U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today demanded the Trump Administration restore the rights of the one million travelers who rou  more