WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: * * * ACL Awards Over $3M to Strengthen Respite Care Services Nationwide * ACL has awarded eight new State Program Enhancement Grants under its Lifespan Respite Care Program, which supports state efforts to develop, enhance, and coordinate systems of accessible, community-based respite services. Totaling just over $3 million for the first of three years, thes  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Bice Supports Passage of NDAA * Washington, D.C.- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation fulfills an agenda of "Peace Through Strength" and builds off last-year's work which focused on improving the quality of life for our service members. It also reorients our military towards its core mission, being a lethal and effec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Bill on Retirement Fairness Passes House * Washington, DC - The Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act passed out of the House today as part of the INVEST Act. The final vote count was 302-123. Representatives Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced H.R. 1013, the Retirement Fairness for Charities and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Moran, Hirono & Boozman Lead Effort to Expand Veterans' Access to Lifesaving Breast Cancer Screenings * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the Mammography Access for Veterans Act bipartisan legislation to expand   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Cole Votes in Favor of National Defense Authorization Act * | CONTACT : Olivia Porcaro (link sends email) 202-225-6165 Washington, D.C. - Last night, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. This legislation authorizes $900.6 billion for our nation's national defense in order to build a ready, capable, lethal fighting force to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled proposed to modify the procurement list with two additions and four deletions, an action that affects mandatory purchases by federal entities from nonprofit agencies employing people with disabilities. The committee proposes adding both a product and a service while deleting one product and three services from the list. The additions aim to create more employment opportunities for individua  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to grant conditional no-migration variances to the Lone Mountain landfill facility operated by Clean Harbors, Waynoka, Oklahoma. The variances would permit the facility to temporarily stage up to 100 "put piles" of treated hazardous waste within its Subtitle C landfill at any one time. The nine categories of waste involved are awaiting verification that they meet the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCR  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSFR) -- The Mary Ellen Wall 2021 Legacy Trust, alongside five other related trusts, filed a request with the Federal Reserve System to join the Wall Family Control Group. The action centers on the retention of voting shares in Vision Bancshares Inc., which in turn holds shares of Vision Bank, both of Ada, Oklahoma. The filing entities are all connected to the Wall family, based across several Oklahoma cities and one in Texas and Missouri. The trusts include the James N.   more