WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- A coalition of three safety advocacy organizations submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation urging the agency to reject an exemption request from Protein Transport LLC which seeks relief from federal hours of service (HOS) regulations. The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC), along with Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), and family members of truck crash victims, submitted the letter in resp  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- A coalition of 46 agricultural organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) expressing strong opposition to proposed revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices. The proposed changes include significant modifications to Conservation Practice Standard (CPS) 359, which governs the design and operation of waste treatment lagoons used for animal manure. The proposed rev  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve receives honor during regional baseball tournament * CAROL STREAM, Ill. - Col. Christopher Tung, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command's G3/Operations, was honored at the American Legion, Post 76, Great Lakes Regional Baseball Tournament, August 6, 2025, throwing in a ceremonial first pitch, along with Jim Zay, District 6, County Board for DuPage County, and Mayo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area -- June 2025 * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commission  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Celebrates $3.4 Million Federal Grant for Early Childhood Education & Family Support * CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) celebrated the award of $3,398,648 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds to the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. This grant will support the Center's Early Head Start program and Child Care Partnerships (link is ex  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 9 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: August 8, 2025 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Indiana Research Consortium takes strategic first step to advance hypersonics innovation * CRANE, Ind. - The Indiana Research Consortium (IRC) convened top researchers from Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, and subject matter experts from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, at the Emerging Manufacturing and Collaboration Center (EMC2) for an ideation sessio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Mrvan Sends Letter to United States Postal Service to Address Winfield CPU Closure * Washington, DC - On July 30, 2025, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan sent a letter to United States Postmaster General David Steiner regarding the recently announced (link is external) termination of the Contract Postal Unit (CPU) located in Winfield, Indiana. Congressman Mrvan stated, "The planned closure of the Winfield CPU cou  more