WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The American Museum of Natural History in New York, intends to repatriate five unassociated funerary objects to a coalition of federally recognized Indian Tribes with ancestral ties to burial sites in Will County, Illinois. The cultural items--identified as a pebble, a stone scraper, an arrowpoint, a glass ring, and a pottery sherd--were excavated between 1902 and 1913 by George Langford and gifted to the museum in 1919. These items, which date to periods ranging   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Transit Operations Against Chinese Influence WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act, which would protect domestic transit operat  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - April 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.2 percent in April, up 2.4 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.2 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Transit Operations Against Chinese Influence WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Gary Peters (D-MI) today introduced the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act, which would protect domestic transit operations and su  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers hosts public meeting for Kinnickinnic River Ecosystem Restoration in River Falls, Wisconsin The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting a public meeting in River Falls, Wisconsin, June 4, from 6:30 - 8 p.m., to obtain public input on a draft feasibility study for an environmental restoration project on the Kinnickinnic River in River  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46736) on May 12, 2025, entitled "Stepping In - The FCC's Authority to Preempt State Laws Under the Communications Act:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Similar to its approach to internet access itself, the FCC has taken a hands-off approach to regulating internet enabled communications - most notably VoIP, which enables users to make voice calls using the inter  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice regarding the St. Cloud Hydroelectric Project, located on the Mississippi River in the City of St. Cloud, Minnesota. The City of St. Cloud has filed an application for a new major license for the project, designated as Project No. 4108-019, which has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis. The St. Cloud Project, which has been operating in a run-of-river mode, spans Stearn  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Klobuchar Calls for Conservation Program Support WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation. In her remark  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on Proposed Cuts to SNAP House Republicans Plan to Take Away SNAP Benefits from Millions of Working Americans to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cut Washington - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 14 -- The Minnesota Department of Health issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Preventable deaths by suicide steady in 2024 Suicide is preventable, recovery is possible and people can seek help by calling or texting 988 The suicide rate in Minnesota remained the same in 2024, compared to 2023, with 813 suicides among residents, according to preliminary data. This marks two years of suicides below the state high set in 2022. The rate, based on de  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 14 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * House Votes to Lay 2025 Tax Bill on the Table, Floor Vote Expected After Budget Agreement Reached SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the Minnesota House voted to table HF 2437, the 2025 House Tax bill. The Minnesota Constitution requires that tax bills originate in the House, and it is common historical practice for the House to refrain from passing a tax bill off  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 14 -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following news on May 13, 2025: * * * Secretary Simon Announces New Interactive Reports for the Minnesota Business Snapshot The online tools increase access to business industry and demographic data SAINT PAUL - For the first time, data from the Minnesota Business Snapshot is viewable online at sos.mn.gov/snapshot for free. Using two new online tools, Minnesotans can search for an individual business by its lo  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10713) on May 12, 2025, by education policy specialist Rebecca R. Skinner and research assistant Isobel Sorenson: * * * School choice generally refers to the opportunity for parents to select an elementary or secondary school for their child that differs from the assigned school that the child would otherwise attend based on where the family lives. School choice programs are often divided   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Blasts Catastrophic Food Assistance Cuts Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled their bill to decimate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and take food assistance away from millions of seniors,   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Forcefully Objects to Food Assistance Cuts at Committee Markup Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup of the Republicans' partisan reconciliation bill. The bill, which makes $300 billion cuts to the Suppleme  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Craig: "Forget eggs, Republicans will make food more expensive for everyone" The SNAP program on Trump's chopping block helps millions of Americans put food on the table -- and trickles down to manufacturers, truck drivers and farmers. Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) published an o  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Betty McCollum Slams Trump Administration for Betraying Afghans who Supported American Troops and Diplomats WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday morning, the Department of Homeland Security announced that in one month it will terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, effectively abandoning life-saving protections for over 11,000 Afghans who fled Taliban persecution after supporting  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Joins Resolution Designating May Renewable Fuels Month Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) in leading a bipartisan resolution to designate May 2025 as Renewable Fuels Month in America. Senator Marshall has been a longtime champion of renewable fuels. "Renewable fuels are an important part of American energy, and I  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Stauber Reintroduces the Parity in Engineering Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) recently reintroduced the Parity in Engineering Act, legislation that will make it easier for engineering firms in our state to do business by eliminating Minnesota's exemption from common federal procurement requirements. Of his legislation, Congressman Stauber said, "For too long, an arbitrary c  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Unleashing Geothermal Energy Development on Federal Land Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing on geothermal energy development on federal lands. "In order to restore American energy dominance, we must utilize an all-of-the-above approach that inclu  more