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 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a final decision to release federal obligations on 5.5 acres of land at DeWitt Field, Old Town Municipal Airport, in Old Town, Maine. The decision, published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2025, concerns land originally deeded to the airport sponsor--the City of Old Town--by the United States Government on June 5, 1941, under an AP-4 agreement. The three parcels in ques  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced its intention to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Hydro-Kennebec Hydroelectric Project located on the Kennebec River in Kennebec and Somerset counties, Maine. The announcement follows an application submitted by Hydro Kennebec LLC on February 14, 2025, requesting a temporary variance to lower the project's reservoir elevation for necessary maintenance. Hydro Kennebec LLC seeks to tempor  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Applauds House Ways & Means Committee for Including Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit in Tax Bill Fischer established the first-ever nationwide PFML in 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act; bill builds upon 2017 law to better serve working families Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after the House Ways & Means Committee unveiled a tax bill which includes h  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Husted backs bill to support American innovation, outcompete China "The United States is the best country in the world, and, to ensure that remains true, we must outpace global competitors, especially Communist China. America's future prosperity and safety depend on our investment in R&D." WASHINGTON - Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan's (D-N.H.) American Innovati  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Works with Bipartisan Group to Strengthen Civilian Defense Workforce in Maine WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), has joined a bipartisan group of colleagues and introduced legislation to strengthen the civilian defense workforce in Maine and address workforce shortages. Their bill, the Defense Workforce Integration  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 13 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Sayre and Rep. Gere applaud Community Action Grant funding for Kennebunk and Kennebunkport AUGUSTA - On May 1, the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future announced that the towns of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport have been selected as recipients of Community Action Grant awards from the Community Resilience Partnership. Kennebunk will receive $75,000 to install rooftop solar to the   more