SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- October 2025 * Alaska had 35,000 job openings in October 2025, compared to 21,000 openings in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Alaska was 9.4 percent in Octob  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 14 [Category: Health Care] -- The Alzheimer's Association posted the following news release: * * * Alzheimer's Association Marks 20 Years of Public Health Progress on Dementia in New Gerontologist Supplement * - Special issue highlights unprecedented growth in embedding dementia risk reduction, detection and caregiving as core public health functions - CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2026 -As the nation marks 20 years of public health leadership on dementia through the Healthy Bra  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Announces Final House Passage Of Two More Of Twelve Annual Appropriations Measures Including Approval Of His Request To Continue Funding The East-West Center * (Washington, DC) -U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the key House Committee on Appropriations, responsible for all federal discretionary funding, announced final House passage of a measure consolidating two more of twelve annual  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Trump's Greenland Ambition Is About U.S. Power, Not Alliances By Sir Robin Niblett Danish and other European governments are struggling to decide how to manage President Donald Trump's latest demands that Greenland become part of the United States. This week, foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland are making the case in Washington to Secretary of State Marco  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent the Sale of Critical American Energy to Foreign Adversaries * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the Natural Resources Committee and House Armed Services Committee, introduced the bipartisan Protecting American Energy Security Act alongside co-lead Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14). "This bill is simpl  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 14 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing * Anchorage, AK -- Conservation groups today filed an amended and supplemented complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska challenging the Interior Depart  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSFR) -- The Department of Health and Human Services released an update to the federal poverty guidelines. These figures are adjusted annually to account for price increases measured by the Consumer Price Index. The 2026 figures reflect a 2.63 percent increase in prices occurring between calendar years 2024 and 2025. Under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, the Secretary of HHS is required to update these benchmarks to ensure federal programs have accurate data  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sullivan Highlights his Bycatch Reduction Bill, Continued AK LNG Progress on KDLL Radio * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke with Ashlyn O'Hara recently on KDLL Kenai Public Radio about his Bycatch Reduction and Research Act legislation introduced last week to improve marine environmental data collection, enhance electronic fisheries monitoring and reporting, and advance ge  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski and Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Cement NATO Unity * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of U.S. Department of Defense or Department of State funds to blockade, occupy, annex or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of a NATO member s  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Jan. 14 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Rocks and rolls: The computational infrastructure of earthquakes and physics of planetary science WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye view, studying the planet's surface from the air and space, using the data to ma  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11388) on Jan. 13, 2026, by legislative attorney Adam Vann: * * * The Scope of Offshore Energy Withdrawals The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) is the federal statute that governs development of natural resources on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), defined in statute as "all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of" areas subject to state control "and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats Carve Out Path to Senate Majority in 2026 * January 14, 2026 TO : Interested Parties FR : Devan Barber, DSCC Executive Director RE : Over the last year, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has built a strong foundation for electoral success and created the path for Democrats to take the Senate majority in 2026. While Republicans began the cycle  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * USCGC Hickory arrives in Guam, restoring full buoy tender capacity in Oceania * SANTA RITA, Guam - The USCGC Hickory (WLB 212), a 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender, arrived at its new homeport in Guam on Wednesday, following a more than 13,000-mile transit over 71 days from the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore through the Panama Canal. After an extended Major Mai  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * President Donald J. Trump Directs Negotiations to Adjust Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products into the United States SUPPORTING AMERICAN INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) ordering the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to jointly negotiate agreements w  more