WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * Cantwell Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on NTSB's Final Report on the DCA Mid-Air Collision U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the below opening statement at a hearing about the National Transportation Saf  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * Commerce Committee Passes Legislation to Strengthen FAA's Safety Management System The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee passed the FAA SMS Compliance Review Act of 2026 led by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Tran  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Nick Begich Announces 2026 Service Academy Nominations * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Feb. 12, 2026 - Congressman Begich (R-AK) announced the candidates nominated to four U.S. service academies: the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). "It is an honor to nominate these exceptional y  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Feb. 12 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * Conversations With This Year's Alumni Award Winners * The newest recipients of the St. Olaf College Alumni Awards have developed impressive careers in fields ranging from forensic science to women's health to music education to childhood abuse prevention. While they were on campus this fall to receive their awards, each of this year's winners -Alison Feigh '00, Sarah Hutto '01, Jon Nordby '70, Sarah Branton  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48302) on Jan. 22, 2026, entitled "Critical Minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Role and Issues for Congress" by natural resources policy specialists Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Laura B. Comay. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The first and second Trump Administrations and the Biden Administration have issued executive orders announcing U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48302) on Jan. 22, 2026, entitled "Critical Minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Role and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Critical Mineral Research and Evaluation Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf In addition to administering the marine mineral leasing program for the OCS, BOEM has the responsibility to evalu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * Religious Liberty Commission Hosts Fifth Hearing on Anti-Semitism and Religious Liberty in the Private Sector This week, the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) held a hearing to discuss the dangers of rising anti-Semitism from the perspectives of students, teachers, and Jewish leaders. The hearing included panels with testimony from graduate students, coaches, university administrat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 10 Selects Alaska Forum, Kalispel Tribe of Indians to Receive Brownfields Job Training Grants in Alaska, Washington * SEATTLE - On February 6, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of $698,480 in Brownfields Job Training Program grants to communities in Alaska and Washington. Alaska Forum, Inc., (AK) will receive $480,500, while the Kalispel Tribe of Ind  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * Interior launches materials access program to expand access to public lands for the benefit of the American people * WASHINGTON -The Department of the Interior today announced the Bureau of Land Management's Materials Access Program, which reduces the regulatory burden for the American people to access to mineral materials such as sand, gravel and stone. The Materials  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Megan Onders, chief of the King Island Native Community and chair of the Bering Strait Development Council, Nome, Alaska, from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing on the Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act (H.R. 6021): * * * Distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to join you today. My name is Megan Onders and I am a very newly  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State announces record spring enrollment of 16,373 students By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service When Cedar Stellon O'Donnell was in high school in Fairbanks, Alaska, she visited Montana State University as part of a tour of colleges she was considering. She wasn't expecting to decide on attending MSU so quickly, but she said the energy of the campus during that visit made a lasting impression. "Eve  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Derrick Watchman, board chairman of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, from a Feb. 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Making Federal Economic Development Programs Work in Indian Country": * * * Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger-Fernandez, and Subcommittee members, I am Derrick Watchman, Board Chairman of the National Center for American Indian  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * International Survey Counts Bowhead and Beluga Whales in the Beaufort Sea Applied research collects data needed to ensure food security for Indigenous subsistence hunters in the United States and Canada. * In 2025, NOAA and the Alaska North Slope Borough successfully completed a survey to count bowhead and beluga whales in the U.S. and Canadian Beaufort Sea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Messaging Mariners in Real Time to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes A new real-time messaging network uses a well-established maritime navigation safety technology--the Automatic Identification System--to reduce the risk of vessel strikes involving North Atlantic right whales. * Endangered North Atlantic right whales live in heavily traffick  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Make Rural Telehealth Expansions Permanent * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, bipartisan legislation to permanently extend critical Medicare telehealth flexibilities for rural communities. "Telehealth is a lifeline for rural Iowans," said Rep. Nunn. "By making these flex  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 13 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 12, 2026, by senior fellow Rod Crane: * * * Public pension debt should be scrutinized like other types of government debt Without comprehensive pension debt reform, states face continued financial pressures and diminished flexibility for future budgets. * Pension liabilities are retirement obligations contractually promised to public workers. In any sense of the word, an unfunded pension liabil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Garamendi, Carbajal Raise National Security Concerns Over Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Near Military Sites * WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (CA-08) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24), two senior members of the House Armed Services Committee, demanded (link is external) that the Department of the Navy respond to concerns regarding the Department of the Interior's Draft Proposed   more