WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * At Subcommittee Hearing, Republicans' Selective Outrage About Fraud Does Not Apply to the Trump Administration Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, led Democrats in debunking Republicans' false n  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Joins Amicus Brief Supporting EPA's Claw Back of Environmental Grants * LINCOLN-Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that Nebraska has joined a West Virginia-led amicus brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to rescind improperly awarded grants under   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for September 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Wyoming * CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 271 oil and gas parcels totaling 357,358 acres that may be included in a September 2026 lease sale in Wyoming. The comment period ends Feb. 20, 2026. Leasing is the fi  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 22 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hanaway Joins Coalition Challenging Biden-era EPA Misconduct Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in challenging potential Biden-era grant fraud and supporting the EPA's cancellation of billions of questionable grants. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency handed out $20 billion in grants as part of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Justice Applauds Continued Development of Frontieras North America in Mason County CHARLESTON, WV - Today, Senator Justice released a statement regarding an announcement from April of 2022 of a major investment with Frontieras North America in partnership with the Justice Administration. This partnership was part of Senator Justice's effort to attract major companies to West Virginia whi  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for January 20, 2026 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly A challenge with addressing addiction at the population level is making decisions based on the evidence available. For example, new data indicate that alcohol consumption and binge drinking are dropping among Americans, but the evidence doesn't exactly tell us why. One explanation is t  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads 24-state coalition supporting EPA's cancellation of billions of questionable Biden-era grants West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of states fighting back against potential Biden-era fraud. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency handed out $20 billion in grants as part of their "Greenhouse Gas Reduction  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 22 -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * WashU Expert: Eliminating Missouri income tax would hurt low-income residents By Neil Schoenherr Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has called for a phaseout of the state's income tax, a move that would cause the most pain to the state's low-income residents, says an expert on tax law at Washington University in St. Louis. "Consider a lower-income taxpayer earning $30,000 annually and a higher-income t  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Interior Appeals Board Halts Massive Wyoming Drilling Project for Violating Clean Air Act Interior Board overturns 2018 approval for 3,500-well fracking project in Upper Green River Basin * The Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) has vacated the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) oil and gas development project in western Wyoming, finding that the agency vi  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Sublette Antelope Migration Local Working Group to meet Feb. 2 in Pinedale Governor Gordon's (R-WY) Sublette Antelope Migration Local Working Group will convene for their first meeting Monday, Feb. 2 in Pinedale. The meeting will be held BOCES Board Room, 665 North Tyler Ave. and begin at 8:30 a.m. The local working group is ultimately charged with reviewing the Game and Fish's risk assessmen  more