WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- A coalition of 64 environmental organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior strongly opposing Interim Final Rule. The rule partially rescinds and revises the agency's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, which the groups argue undermines environmental protections and public participation in federal decision-making. The coalition, led by the Western Environmental Law Center, contends that the IFR refl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, DeGette, Hickenlooper, Neguse, Crow, Pettersen, Urge Trump Administration to Renew Continuous Health Care Coverage Protections for Colorado Children * Families Without Continuous Coverage for Their Children Face Higher Medical Bills and Increased Rates of Hospitalization Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Colorado U.S. Representatives, Diana De  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Hickenlooper, Hurd, Crank, Neguse, Evans, Pettersen, Boebert, DeGette, Crow Urge Trump Administration to Release $140 Million in Obligated Federal Funding to Address Colorado River Crisis, Fund Shoshone Project * Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside Colorado U.S. Representatives Jeff Hurd, Jeff Crank, Joe Neguse, Gabe Evans, Brittany Pettersen  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Alabama -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alabama were 98,242, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 92,388, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Cincinnati CBP seized $3.5 million in counterfeit pharma * CINCINNATI- During a week-long joint operation between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CBP officers inspected hundreds of boxes containing possible counterfeit and unapproved medications. A wide variety of unapproved FDA drugs were discovered during inspections  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fight Trump Admin Cuts to CFPB, Protect Americans from Scams * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Catherine Cortez Masto, alongside 20 of their Senate colleagues, recently introduced the Stop the Scammers Act to restore critical Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) funding and authorize the CFPB to reward whistleblowe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * On 60th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, Hickenlooper, Bennet Reintroduce Landmark Voting Rights Bill * John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would strengthen protections against potentially discriminatory voting practices Legislation comes amid Texas Republicans' effort to gerrymander U.S. congressional districts in the next election WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * Second Colorado Springs Funeral Home Operator Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Grieving Families and COVID-19 Relief Program * Click Here to Sign Up for SBA OIG Email Updates on Recent Investigative Cases, Audit Oversight Reports, and General News (Link is external) Click Here to View the Original U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release (Link is external) The United States Attorney's  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Cryptic Creatures By Fern Alling Researchers reveal 10% of insect species in a tropical forest may look identical to related species * A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island may be cryptic, or visually indistinguishable from related species, highlighting potential gaps in scientists' understanding o  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Digital Pollen By Beth King Smithsonian digitizes pollen from 18,000 plant species Digitized pollen database for paleontology research, allergy medicine and more. A team of researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is digitizing images of pollen from more than 18,000 plant species from the tropics. These images are being used to train a machine-learning mo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 3 Colorado Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of SW Wyoming and NW Colorado * Since production began around 1920, the Phosphoria system has yielded approximately 500 million barrels of oil and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The new assessment estimates undiscovered, technically recoverable resources to a d  more