WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * APHIS Expands Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) Quarantines in Michigan and Ohio * Subject: APHIS Expands Box Tree Moth ( Cydalima perspectalis ) Quarantines in Michigan and Ohio To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Westerman Testifies in Support of Bills Unlocking America's Resources Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) testified before the House Committee on Rules in support of H.J. Res. 104, H.J. Res. 105 and H.J. Res. 106. Below are Westerman's full remarks, as prepared: "Thank you for the opportunity  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Launches Effort to Name Collinwood Post Office After WWII Hero and Cleveland Trailblazer Tech Sergeant Alma Minter * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has introduced legislation to name the Collinwood neighborhood Post Office in Cleveland, Ohio in honor of Tech Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter (1920-2007), a long-time Cleveland resident who served in the 6888 th Cen  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Hassan Introduce Bill to Boost Employee Retirement Savings, Support Business Owners * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today introduced a bipartisan bill to encourage retirement savings and support America's businesses. The "Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act" bolsters the growth of S corporations that are owned by Employee   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Reaches $326,200 Settlement with Hospeco Brands Group for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Pesticide Products * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Tranzonic Cos., known as Hospeco Brands Group, in Cleveland, Ohio, for allegedly selling unregistered pesticide products and a product with incorrect pesticidal claims. The company will pay $326,200 in pe  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * House Republicans Subpoena ActBlue CEO Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01) issued a subpoena to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones for materials related to the Committees' investigation into  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSFR) -- Intuiscan ATC Technologies LLC, Xenia, Ohio, has received an exclusive patent license from the U.S. Air Force. This patent (No. 9,667,947 B2), focuses on an innovative method for presenting air traffic data to controllers enhancing their ability to visualize aircraft separation. The patented apparatus and method improve air traffic control by providing a three-dimensional view of aircraft. It accomplishes this by receiving two-dimensional spatial location and alti  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Learning Professionals tackle transformation though innovative CPI event * * Published July 24, 2025 * By Bryanna Richards WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- From July 15-17, the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) convened experts from across the Department of the Air Force for a Continuous Process Improvement (CP  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSFR) -- McNally Tunneling Corp. and ASI Marine have received an interim order from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration that allows the companies to proceed with its Shoreline Storage Tunnel Project in Cleveland, Ohio, under alternative safety conditions. The interaction centers on the companies' need to perform hyperbaric interventions at pressures exceeding OSHA's current 50 p.s.i.g. limit, specifically up to 58 p.s.i.g. The compani  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Meeks Statement on the Trump Administration Withdrawing the U.S. from UNESCO Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump administration withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Finding for Recovery Issued After Former Canton Schools Employees Continued to Receive Paychecks, Attendance Bonuses COLUMBUS - A finding for recovery totaling $39,970.57 was issued Thursday against four former employees of Canton City Schools, who received paychecks and attendance bonuses months after they were no longer employed by the district, Auditor of State Keith Faber an  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Special Audit Details Investigation into Former Byesville Utility Clerk, Who Was Convicted in Theft of More Than $43,000 COLUMBUS - A finding for recovery of $127,771.62 was issued Thursday against the former utility clerk for the Village of Byesville, who was convicted in the theft of more than $43,000 from the Guernsey County community. The finding matches the restitution amo  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Operation Healthy Tennessee: Where readiness meets relief * EVENSVILLE, Tenn. (AFNS) -- More than 200 service members from the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve participated in Operation Healthy Tennessee, as part of the Department of Defense 's Innovative Readiness Training program, held July 11-21. Over the course of the mission, they provided no  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSFR) -- Parcell Co., Columbus, Ohio, has been granted a partially exclusive patent license by the U.S. Air Force. The patented technology focuses on the protection and integration of proprietary data within open system architectures. This system is designed to comply with open standard interfaces mandated by a system owner. Within this architecture, a sub-system provider's computer is equipped with a bridge node. This bridge node is instantiated within the controlled sub-  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Push to Protect Drinking Water as Communities Face Rising Contamination Threats * As drinking water contamination from toxic "forever chemicals," also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), increasingly threatens communities in Maine and across the country, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and David Rouzer (R-N.C.) have reintroduced th  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, Massie Introduce Bipartisan PRIME Act to Empower Local Livestock Farmers, Meet Consumer Demand * Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) reintroduced the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act, bipartisan legislation to make it easier for small farms and ranches to serve consumers. The PRIME Act ( H.R. 4700 ) would give individual states fr  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Report: How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "Report: How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists." The report reveals that contrary to testimony from former Feder  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Scott, Blunt Rochester, Moreno, Kim Lead Effort to Increase Private Investment in Low-Income Housing Projects Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), and Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) are leading an effort to increase private investment in affordable housing and oth  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 14 committee hearings on July 23, 2025: * * * NOMINATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Richard Fordyce, of Missouri, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Sam Graves, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. * * * BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing,  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Scott, Kim, Moreno Lead Effort to Increase Private Investment in Low-Income Housing Projects U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Senators Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), all members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, are leading an effort to increase private invest  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Energy Holds Hearing on Pipeline Safety Yesterday, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, led a hearing titled Strengthening American Energy: A Review of Pipeline Safety Policy. "Pipelines are not only vital for the safe transportation of the reliable energy that Americans rely u  more