WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Helps States Protect New England Beachgoers This Summer BOSTON (May 27, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing over $1.1 million in grant funding to states across New England to monitor water quality at beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of illness-causing bacteria make swimming unsafe. "A clean and safe New England Coastline is an economic driver f  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Joins Colleagues in Call to Protect ENERGY STAR WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week joined his colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to immediately reverse course on its plan to illegally and unilaterally terminate t  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Joyce Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Improve Nursing Education & Workforce Development Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 to improve and support essential programs that aid our nation's nursing schools in   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces New Slate of Presidential Appointments at USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Farm Service Agency, and Rural Development (Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) including the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 28 -- The Maine Judicial Branch issued the following news on May 27, 2025: * * * SJC invites comments on revised proposed amendments to the order and rules governing the Committee on Judicial Conduct, including as to judicial consideration of reports of the Committee. Comments due by June 9, 2025 The Maine Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on revised proposed amendments to the order establishing the Committee on Judicial Conduct and the rules governing the Committee,  more

ORONO, Maine, May 28 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on May 27, 2025: * * * University of Maine System partners with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on tuition discount BATH, Maine - General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the University of Maine System (UMS) announced a new program today to offer tuition discounts to shipbuilders pursuing postsecondary education and training through Maine's public universities. The new Deckplates to Degrees partnership prov  more