WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Joins Local Importer Hurt by Trump's Tariff Chaos and Looming SNAP Impacts on School Meals * WOONSOCKET, RI - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) joined Ace Endico New England, a local food importer and supplier of school lunch programs, to highlight how President Donald Trump's tariff chaos and the Big, Ugly Law are impacting Rhode Islanders. "Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs are making it   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Bad Air Quality Alert Issued in NY due to Wildfires Caused by Climate Change * New York, NY -- This Monday, the National Weather Service issued a poor air quality alert for New York state and most of New England due to wildfire smoke from Canada, marking another example of a heated planet and dry conditions as a result of climate change. New York lawmakers have an opportunity   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Building the Constitution Pipeline is vital for New England's grid stability * The region pays a premium for energy. New York's pipeline veto is to blame. The Boston Globe Exit EPA's website By EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin For more than a decade, New England residents watched as New York governor Andrew Cuomo reduced their energy supply options and increased energy costs across the region  more

CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 4 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Fantasy football 2025: Top 10 league-winners * The term "league-winner" gets thrown around in fantasy football all the time. But what is a league-winner? Often, it's a player who greatly outperforms his draft cost -- a late-round pick who breaks out to become an every-week starter, for example. It's also possible for a first-round pick to be a league-winner, but such a player must be hist  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * Motor Fuel Prices - July 2025 * Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released monthly motor fuels prices for July 2025. In July 2025, the average price for regular motor gasoline was $3.13 per gallon; down 0.8% from June 2025 and down 10.3% from July 2024. By region, the average price for regular motor gasoline in July 2025 was and year-over-yea  more

CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 5 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Patriots' Robert Kraft: NFL-ESPN deal aims to expand league's reach, 'grow our audience globally' * When the NFL first started NFL Network more than 20 years ago, it wanted to create a distribution channel in part to guard against one of its television partners pulling out. That, of course, never happened. Instead, the NFL used the network to bring more football -- the games and everythin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Appropriations Bills with Significant Wins for Maine For the first time since 2018, Senate passes appropriations legislation before August recess * U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, advanced significant funding and legislative language for Maine in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations legislation that  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan, Shaheen, Collins and King Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Protect Shipbuilding Workforce, Codify Hiring Freeze Exemption Senators Advocated For U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Navy Caucus, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced the Protecting Pu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Shaheen, Hassan, Collins and King Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Protect Shipbuilding Workforce, Codify Hiring Freeze Exemption Senators Advocated For * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Navy Caucus, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) intro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey have released 'Development of Regression Equations to Estimate Flow Durations, Low-Flow Frequencies, and Mean Flows at Ungaged Stream Sites in Connecticut Using Data Through Water Year 2022.' The document, a collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Transportation, was authored by Elizabeth A. Ahearn and Gardner C. Bent. T  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 4 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Madison virologists are at the forefront of efforts to keep tabs on avian influenza in dairy milk * Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison drives innovation, saves lives, creates jobs, supports small businesses, and fuels the industries that keep America competitive and secure. It makes the U.S.--and Wisconsin--stronger. Federal funding for research is a high-return investmen  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Announces Next President & CEO, Bill Ashworth, PE, ENV SP * VHB is pleased to announce that Chief Operating Officer Bill Ashworth, PE, ENV SP, has been selected as the firm's next President & CEO. Bill is an instrumental partner on VHB's leadership team and ha  more