WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Nineteen State Attorneys General submitted a public comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting its proposed rule on "Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period." The Attorneys General stated that the agency's policy for evaluating state plans respects the Clean Air Act, state sovereignty, and furthers a commonsense approach to energy generation. The Attorneys General affirmed that a state's plan pre  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on July 28, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito: "David Wright Meets that Mark" to Lead Nuclear Regulatory Commission Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on Senate Floor in support of David Wright's confirmation to serve as a member of the Nuclear   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Releases Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, Regulations that Paved the Way for Electric Vehicle Mandates * If finalized, this proposal would undo the underpinning of $1 trillion in costly regulations, save more than $54 billion annually INDIANAPOLIS - At an auto dealership in Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia removes illegal alien from Honduras wanted for femicide, attempted homicide * PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia removed Olvin Mauricio Martinez Coto, a citizen of Honduras with a final order of removal, to Honduras July 23. Martinez Coto is a foreign fugitive wan  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall & Cassidy Introduce Legislation to Assist Families With Post-Secondary Education Choices * Washington - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, in reintroducing the College Transparency Act. This legislation ensures that students and famil  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 * West Virginia had 48,000 job openings in May 2025, compared to 47,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job openings rate in West Virginia wa  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, West Virginia, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter expressed appreciation for the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the agency's data submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) PFAS reporting rule and supported upholding all regulatory actions addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in waterways and the environment. The c  more