WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated April 1, 2025, from James Williams Jr., chairman of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Watersmeet, Michigan: * * * To: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Comment Intake - Prohibited Terms and Conditions in Agreements for Consumer Financial Products or Services (Regulation AA) c/o Legal Division Docket Manager 1700 G St NW Washington, DC 20552 R  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 25, 2025 NAVY Marine Hydraulics International LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, is awarded an $89,676,030 firm-fixed-price contract for USS New York (LPD 21) Fiscal 2025 Selected Restricted Availability. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $111,422,163. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be complet  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Urges Top Social Security Official to Keep Eight Maine Offices Open WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) and dozens of his Senate colleagues are raising concerns from the public and encouraging the White House to reconsider Social Security Administration (SSA) field office closures in Maine and across the United States. In the letter to Acting Commissioner of the SSA Leland Dud  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, April 26 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved a three-year plan for energy efficiency programs in Maine, with a total budget of approximately $528.4 million. The plan, submitted by the Efficiency Maine Trust, covers fiscal years 2026-2028. The MPUC's decision, detailed in an order issued on April 25, 2025, follows a stipulation agreement reached between the Efficiency Maine Trust and several stakeholders, including Central Maine Power, Conservation Law   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 26 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address: * * * Maine Takes Meaningful Environmental Action on Earth Day Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills and thank you for listening. Well, this past week we celebrated Earth Day, and that was good reason to think back and remember the devastating storms that we've endured in recent years. Storms that demonstrated just how vulnerable we are - our people, businesses, and communities - when it comes to serious  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Blast Trump Admin's Attacks on Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding and Reverse Firings 42 Senators write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump Admin's actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined 41 Senators in calling out the Trump Administration's direct   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Leads Bipartisan Senate Delegation to Pope's Funeral in Rome Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced she is leading a bipartisan delegation of Catholic U.S. Senators to Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. "It is a tremendous honor to be selected to lead this bipartisan delegation of United States Senators to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope F  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey to Attend Funeral of Pope Francis Senator Markey and Pope Francis meeting in 2014 to discuss climate change Boston (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced today that he will attend the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday as part of a bipartisan delegation of Catholic U.S. Senators. "It is a great honor to join mourners from ar  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Sponsor Bipartisan Bill to Ban Offshore Drilling off Coast of Maine Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to prohibit offshore drilling along the Maine coast, extending throughout the entirety of New England. The New England Coastal Protection Act would ban oil and gas leasing off the coast of Maine and in these  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1117) entitled "St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Cumberland County, Maine": * * * St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company (SLR) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 24.23 miles of rail line from milepost 1.74 near East Deering, Me., to milepo  more