WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Severe Weather Season, King and Colleagues Call on White House to Nominate an Experienced FEMA Administrator * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With Maine facing a severe weather season, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) joined his colleagues calling on the White House to nominate an experienced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator. In a letter to President Donald Trump, King and his  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy, King Introduce Resolution Establishing "Vets Get Outside Day" to Improve Veterans' Mental Health * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced a resolution establishing June 14 th as "Vets Get Outside Day" to support veterans struggling with mental health challenges. Over 460,000 veterans were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries between 2020 a  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales." Here are excerpts: * * * A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales The recent steep decline of the endangered North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis can be attributed to high mortality combined with low   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight Trump Administration's Cuts to the Job Corps Program * Washington, D.C. - After the Trump administration attempted to shutter the nation's largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, a  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Golden grills Navy Secretary over potential lapse in destroyer procurement that could cost jobs at BIW * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today questioned the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations on the lack of procurement funding for DDG-51 destroyers in their FY26 budget request. These ships are built at Bath Iron Works, and a lack of procurement would harm domest  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Spars with Interior Secretary Over Harmful, Arbitrary Budget Cuts to National Parks * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Senator Angus King (I-ME), co-chair of the National Parks Subcommittee, demanded answers from Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as to why the National Park Service's (NPS) budget is being cut by $1.2   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King: Modern, Cost-Effective Weapons Systems Should be Deployed in Red Sea, Future Conflicts * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan and raised the importance of properly funding cutting-edge directed energy programs -- the class of weapons systems that use electromagnetic  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved Networkmaine's annual plan for the Maine Schools and Libraries Network Program, allocating up to $6,060,054 from the Maine Telecommunications Education Access Fund for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This approval comes via an order issued on June 11, 2025, titled "Networkmaine Annual Proposal of Dept. of Education and the Maine State Library (FY 2025-2026)". Networkmaine, operating on be  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposed reorganization involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, Manchester, a public utility that owns transmission and distribution plant within Maine. The approval, issued on June 11, 2025, comes in an order titled "Public Service Co. of New Hampshire Request for Waiver of 35-A M.R.S Sec. 708 or Approval of Reorganization". PSNH, though a New Hampshire corporation serving electric customers there, is subject to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has granted approval for Bolt Hill Substation project of Central Maine Power Co., Augusta, located in the towns of Eliot and Kittery. The decision, issued in an order on June 11, 2025, titled "Central Maine Power Co. Request for Approval Regarding Bolt Hill Substation Project Pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3132-A", allows the utility to proceed with upgrades to its transmission infrastructure. CMP filed its request on November 20, 2024,  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposal by Versant Power, Bangor, Maine, to combine specific large customer classes from its Bangor Hydro District and Maine Public District. This consolidation aims to standardize the recovery of post-restructuring stranded costs for these customers, a move adopted in an order on June 11, 2025, titled "Follow-On Proceeding to Further Investigate Stranded Cost Rate Design". The decision follows an April 30, 2025, Order  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a Pole Attachment License for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, operating as Indian Township Tribal Government. The decision, issued on June 10, 2025, allows the Tribe to attach its facilities to utility poles across the state. The Tribe submitted its request on May 15, 2025, seeking authorization to conduct pole attachment and network maintenance work. Its application identified Trenchworks, Inc. as its designa  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved funding requests for the Efficiency Maine Trust, allocating electric procurement and natural gas assessment funds for fiscal year 2026 of the Trust's Sixth Triennial Plan. The approval, issued on June 11, 2025, in an Order titled "Procurement of Electric Resources and Assessment for Natural Gas Resources for Sixth Triennial Plan FY 2026-2028", includes a request to carry forward unspent funds from FY 2025. On May 8, 2025,  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Presses Secretary of Defense on Inadequate Shipbuilding Budget Request, PNSY Hiring Delays Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request for the Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Pete He  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Speaks at 2025 Alzheimer's Impact Movement Advocacy Forum * Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video from the event. Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, delivered remarks at the 2025  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Runaway and Homeless Youth * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize key federal grant programs to provide community-based programs with funding to help thou  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Dexter, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal Gun Industry's Legal Liability Shield * Legislation would give victims of gun violence legal avenues to hold manufacturers accountable for negligence in court Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas and Maxine Dexter, said today t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Dexter, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal Gun Industry's Legal Liability Shield * Legislation would give victims of gun violence legal avenues to hold manufacturers accountable for negligence in court Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas and Maxine Dexter, said tod  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Dexter, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal Gun Industry's Legal Liability Shield * Legislation would give victims of gun violence legal avenues to hold manufacturers accountable for negligence in court Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas and Maxine Dexter, said today they  more