WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Over 180 organizations have voiced strong opposition to proposed changes to federal student loan repayment and forgiveness programs by the U.S. Department of Education. The groups, representing millions of students, borrowers, workers and vulnerable populations, argue that the Administration's plans would worsen the ongoing student loan crisis affecting more than 40 million Americans who collectively owe over $1.6 trillion. The letter specifically challenges alterations t  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Midway through a training mission, a pilot begins experiencing blurred vision and disorientation - symptoms that could signal a serious underlying issue. With the flight aborted and the next sortie at risk, an aeromedical nurse practitioner steps in.   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis: * * * How litigation shapes non-compete contracts' effects on workers * Labor markets have features that complicate how workers and employers interact. One such feature is the non-compete, a type of contract that limits an employee's ability to begin working for a business in the same industry shortly after leaving their job. According to one recent survey, about one in nine adult workers  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, July 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * How Ramsey's forgotten promotion started 50 years of service * Dennis Ramsey's government career started at rock bottom. In October 1974, Ramsey was promoted to GS-1, but he didn't know it. "I didn't realize until many years later, when I reviewed my SF-50s, that I had received a promotion to GS-1," Ramsey said. "I have an SF-50 that shows my first promotion was to a GS-1 withi  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- Indiana University has completed an inventory of ancestral human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural connection with twenty Native American tribes. This includes the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha T  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, establishing cultural affiliation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. This action, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, prepares for the return of these ancestral items. The inventory identifies remains of a  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, establishing cultural affiliation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma, and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. This action, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, prepares for the return of these ancestral items. The inventory includes 15 associated funerary objects from a Rawlins Coun  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma (The Alliance) submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) emphasizing the need for simplification in the agency's Endangered Species Act Section 10(a) Program Implementation. The correspondence addresses the complexities and costs associated with Conservation Benefit Agreements (CBAs) and Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) which have been discouraging participation from the oil and gas industry. Angie Bur  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Westwin Elements Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce advocating for a 60% global supplemental tariff on imports of Class 1 nickel and its derivative battery materials. The U.S. company, which is building the nation's first major nickel refinery, argues that such measures are crucial to counter alleged price manipulation by China and to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign sources for this critical mineral. According to Westwi  more