WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Crimes Bulletin - April 2025 View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: * Cases by District/Circuit * Recently Charged * Guilty Pleas * Sentencings Cases by District/Circuit District/Circuit Case Name Conduct/Statute(s) District of Alaska United States v. Jason Christenson Tampering with a Monitoring Device/Clean Air Act United States v. Matanuska Die  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone." Here are excerpts: * * * No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone It has been previously proposed that a megasplay fault within the Cascadia accretionary wedge, spanning from offshore Vancouver Island to Oregon, has t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- NASA has issued a Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of expanding its Scientific Balloon Program. This program has been essential for more than 35 years, launching scientific balloons from NASA's Balloon Program Office (BPO) facilities in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and Palestine, Texas. These balloons are utilized to collect critical scientific data and conduct research in fields such as geosc  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Schakowsky Introduce Bicameral Bill to Strengthen Nursing Staff Standards, Improve Patient Care WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, on International Nurses Day, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act to improve hospital patient care and nurse retention by setting mandatory mini  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Schakowsky Introduce Bicameral Bill to Strengthen Nursing Staff Standards, Improve Patient Care WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, on International Nurses Day, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act to improve hospital patient care and nurse retention by setting mandatory minimum   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Padilla, Merkley Introduce Bicameral Bill to Strengthen Nursing Staff Standards, Improve Patient Care Full Text of Bill (PDF) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, on International Nurses Day, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act to improve ho  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Energy and Commerce Committee Reconciliation Bill Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released legislative text for their reconciliation bill. "Republicans have defied the will of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Drug Pricing Announcement Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Donald Trump signed an executive order related to prescription drug prices. "Donald Trump is all hat and no cattle when it comes to lowering the price of prescription dru  more