COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 23 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson stands up to woke ideology in the classroom * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading a 21-state friend-of-the-court brief to defend a South Carolina legal provision prohibiting public schools from teaching students that one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Japanese Energy Companies Step Up U.S. Investments By Ben Cahill and Jane Nakano Since mid-2025, some of Japan's largest exploration and production companies, gas and power utilities, and trading houses invested in U.S. natural gas assets. With the United States expected to supply up to one-third of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes by the early 2030s, im  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * "Profoundly Out of Touch": Alaska Voter Blasts Nick Begich for Doing Nothing While Health Care Costs Skyrocket * An Alaska voter is sounding off on Nick Begich for doing absolutely nothing to prevent health care costs from skyrocketing for Alaska families. In a new letter to the editor, the Alaskan calls Begich out for voting AGAINST a bipartisan effort to extend Affordable Care   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news: * * * EDC and Reading Futures to Lead New Work to Improve Adolescent Literacy Work addresses urgent need to increase U.S. students' reading proficiency. * EDC and Reading Futures (RF) have received an award from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to improve word decoding skills, reading comprehension, and informational text skills for middle-grade students, particularly those in rural and triba  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its weekly notification of environmental impact statements filed between Jan. 12, 2026, and Jan. 16, 2026. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filed a draft supplemental statement for the Hydropower License for the Hells Canyon Hydroelectric Project in Oregon. The public comment period for this project concludes March 2, 2026. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submitted a draft statement for the Lower Miss  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11140) on Jan. 21, 2026, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn: * * * Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Overview of Structure and Activities Federal regional commissions and authorities (FRCAs) address perceived regional economic underdevelopment. These organizations accommodate multileveled and multijurisdictional participation in and implementati  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women Hosts 20th Annual Tribal Consultation and Announces Awards of more than $75M in Grants to Support Public Safety in Indian Country On Jan. 21, 2026, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) convened the 20th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation on the lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Communit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Legal filing challenges Trump and Interior approvals of the Ambler mining road * ANCHORAGE, AK - Ten groups filed an amended and supplemental complaint today challenging the Trump administration's 2025 decisions to reinstate unlawful permits for the proposed Ambler road. These groups, represented by Trustees for Alaska, have spent years in court fighting the proposed Ambler road because of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Legal Services Corp. issued a final rule to update the maximum income levels for individuals seeking legal assistance. These changes ensure that eligibility requirements align with the annual amendments to the Federal Poverty Guidelines provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Under the updated regulations, the maximum income level for most applicants is set at 125% of the guidelines. For a single-person household in the 48 contiguous stat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Applauds IPHC Decision to Defer Review of Proposal Targeting Alaska Halibut Limits to Appropriate Agency * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the decision by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to defer review of a regulatory proposal that sought to alter Alaska's unguided recreational Pacific halibut limits. The proposal, which was submitted by a Seatt  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * West Virginia joins coalition to protect Section 504 Rule by removing woke Biden-era language that threatened disability funding Today West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is delivering on a promise to protect and return Section 504 to its true purpose--supporting children and adults with disabilities. McCuskey joined a coalition of attorne  more