LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 19 [Category: BizEngineering] -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * AECOM calls for planning reform, agreement of multi-annual budgets and delivery 'readiness' as Northern Ireland construction output hits 15-year high * AECOM's Ireland Annual Review 2026, launched today, highlights: * Northern Ireland's construction output rose 7.3 per cent on the year to June 2025, reaching a 15-year high in Q2, outperforming the rest of   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 19 [Category: BizEngineering] -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * AECOM defines 'readiness' as the challenge facing Ireland's housing and infrastructure delivery * AECOM's Ireland Annual Review 2026 calls for readiness as a critical enabler for accelerated delivery, ensuring projects are delivered cost-effectively, more productively and at greater scale and pace. The report also highlights: * Construction industry outp  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on Jan. 19, 2026: * * * California's Billionaire Tax is a Policy Disaster By Jack Guidi California's proposed billionaire tax reads more like a piece of fiction than a real policy proposal. Unfortunately, it is much more real than the $10 billion high-speed rail. In December 2025, the healthcare workers union SEIU-UHW filed a ballot initiative in California proposing a 5% tax on all California residents with a   more

OXFORD, England, Jan. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam International issued the following news release: * * * Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality * Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 per cent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion - its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam * Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion - its highest level in history, according to a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on Jan. 13, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams:" (Continued from Part 1 of 4) * * * Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Trout Populations Listed Under the ESA The ESA was enacted to conserve species identified as endangered or threatened and their habitats./49 Three species of anadromous fishes listed under the ESA are currently  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on Jan. 13, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Conserving and Restoring Snake River Fishes Federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders have conducted activities to conserve and restore Snake River salmon and steelhead trout. Most federal activities aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on Jan. 13, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams:" (Continued from Part 3 of 4) * * * Litigation over FCRPS Biological Opinions and Supplements from 2000 to 2014 NMFS issued the 2020 BiOp in response to a 2016 court order, after the court concluded that NMFS's second supplement to its 2008 BiOp for FCRPS operations violated the   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 19 [Category: BizNational Defense] -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: * * * GA-ASI and Barzan Holdings Sign MOU * DOHA, QATAR - 19 January 2026 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) -the world leader in unmanned systems - and Barzan Holdings, Qatar's national defence and security leader, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development of advanced Battle Management software capabil  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 18 [Category: BizNational Defense] -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: * * * GA-ASI Breaks Ground on a New Hangar in El Mirage * SAN DIEGO - 18 January 2026 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) began construction January 14 on a new hangar at El Mirage Airfield in El Mirage, California. The new construction is in the high desert of Southern California adjacent to GA-ASI's current Desert Horizon Flight Operati  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 18 [Category: BizNational Defense] -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: * * * GA-ASI Makes Another Autonomous Aerial Intercept in Company-Funded Demo with MQ-20 Avenger * SAN DIEGO - 18 January 2026 - In its latest demonstration of advanced autonomy development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully executed a mission autonomy flight using its MQ-20 Avenger(r) jet equipped with the latest government   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 19 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Honors Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Through Day of Service * HIGH POINT, N.C., Jan. 19, 2026 - High Point University students, faculty and staff honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today by volunteering more than 2,000 hours of service and participating in nearly a dozen service projects on campus and around the city of High Point. The HPU family continued the universit  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Jan. 19 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * Loughborough University launches global centre to support fairer drug market reform * Bringing together researchers, community organisations and policymakers from across the Global North and South, the Transnational Research Centre on Emerging Drug Markets will focus on the rapid shift away from punitive drug policies towards decriminalisation and legal regulation, with particular attention to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * MATSUI STATEMENT ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY * Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  "The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us that progress has never come from comfort, but from people willing to stand together and demand justice," said Congresswoman Matsui. "In Sacramento, a city shaped by generations of ci  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Release: Rep. Khanna's Statement on Epstein Survivor Haley Robson's Letter Urging Court to Enforce Epstein Files Transparency Act * Washington, DC -Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement after Haley Robson, survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation, filed a letter with Judge Richard M. Berman of the U.S. D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following written testimony by Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, from a Jan. 14, 2026, member day hearing on the Dredging Coordination Improvement Act (H.R. 6276) and the Empty Lots to Housing Act (H.R. 3459): * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, thank you for the opportunity to testify about my priorities within the Committee's jurisdiction for the 119th Congress. 1. Dredging Coordination Improv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following written testimony by Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, from a Jan. 14, 2026, member day hearing on the Protecting Outdoor Concerts Act: * * * Chair, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. Like millions of Americans, I would wager that everyone in this room has attended a major league baseball game, a football game, or a concert. Yet current aviat  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Jan. 19 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Retailers Help Mitigate Risk with Oracle's AI-Driven Supply Chain Collaboration * Oracle today unveiled Oracle Retail Supply Chain Collaboration. The new cloud solution enables retailers to more easily navigate an increasingly unpredictable and complex supplier landscape to enhance operational oversight, efficiency, vendor c  more

ARCATA, California, Jan. 19 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt posted the following news: * * * Y.E.S. Volunteers Commemorate MLK Day with a Spirit of Service * In 1983, legislation was signed to recognize the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a federal holiday. Then, in 1994, Congress designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national day of service. Cal Poly Humboldt's student-led volunteer service organization, Youth Education Services (Y.E.S), with su  more