WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to approve revisions to the Ohio State Implementation Plan submitted by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on November 6, 2024. The revisions contain second maintenance plans for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for three critical metropolitan regions: Columbus, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, and Cincinnati, which includes parts of Kentucky and Indiana. The agency's proposed action affirms tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 14 committee hearings on May 14, 2025: * * * APPROPRIATIONS: EPA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Lee Zeldin, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. * * * APPROPRIATIONS: SAA AND USCP Committee on Appropriations: Subc  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Urge FCC to Modernize Regulations in Support of Local Broadcasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joinedU.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and a group of over 20 senators in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize broadcast ownership rules to enable local broadcasters to compete with today's media giants. "The fast-evolving media marketplace   more