ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 21 -- The American Psychiatric Association issued the following news release: * * * APA/APAF Announce Recipients of 2026 MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and APA Foundation (APAF) are announcing the fifth class of MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants Program grantees. Eight grant recipients are working to support mental health for young people, including * Mental Health America in Montgomery (Montgom  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights to protect free speech from big tech censorship South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate letter to YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., raising concerns about the censorship of conservative speech. "Companies do not have to agree with consumers or those who use their services," Attorney General Wilson state  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Labrador Urges DOJ to Investigate Foreign-Funded Climate Groups Operating in U.S. Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate over 150 American climate activist organizations suspected of violating federal law by taking nearly $2 billion from foreign entities to influence U.S. energy policy without regist  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for August 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas * SANTA FE, NM - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 32 oil and gas parcels totaling 21,181.2 acres that may be included in an August 2026 lease sale in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The scoping period  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Opens 2.1 Million Acres in Alaska's Dalton Corridor * ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Department of the Interior is set to issue Public Land Order No. 7966 in Alaska's Dalton Utility Corridor, opening approximately 2.1 million acres of public land to location and entry under the public land and mining laws. This marks a historic step forward in fulfilling the State of Alaska  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Pushes for Permanent Halt of Medicare and Medicaid Funding for Child Sex-Change Procedures Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to stop federal funding for child sex-change procedures. "Children are not social experiments, they are not science experiments, and they are not political theories. They're children, and they deserve   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Announces $3M to Develop Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology for Agricultural Research * Governor Laura Kelly and The Kansas Department of Agriculture today announced that Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems has been awarded $3 million to develop Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology for agricultural use. This technology can be used by farmers, rancher  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a final rule and letter of authorization (LOA) to Hilcorp Alaska LLC, Cook Inlet, governing the incidental take of marine mammals over the course of 5 years. The authorization covers 12 marine mammal species, including the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale and the Western North Pacific humpback whale. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act,  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 20 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Oregon releases plan to reduce the burden of cancer statewide * A new statewide plan released this week, the 2025 Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan, offers an updated, data-driven look at the cancer landscape in Oregon, including where the disease hits the hardest and where the biggest gaps in care and prevention exist. Led by Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cancer Institute and t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Tees Up Farm Bill Fight Over Pesticides, Big Chemical Immunity * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime organic farmer and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced today that she will be introducing an amendment to the Republican Farm Bill that fights back against chemical companies and protects the health of Americans. Republicans' Farm Bill includes provisi  more

RADFORD, Virginia, Feb. 21 -- Radford University issued the following Highlander Highlights wrap up for the week of Feb. 16, 2026: * * * Our Highlanders are using their education to do extraordinary things. In this column, we highlight some notable mentions from local, regional, national and international news media. Whether our students, alumni, faculty and staff are featured as subject matter experts in high-profile stories or simply helping make the world a better place, we'll feature their  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration Opening Millions of Acres of Protected Public Lands to Mining * The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining.  In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order rescinding two lan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Department of Education Reverse Its Decision to End Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senate colleagues in urging the Department of Education to immediately reverse the Trump Administration's harmful  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Department of Education Reverse its Decision to End Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senate colleagues in urging the Department of Education to immediately reverse the Trump Administration's harmful decisi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2026: * * * Westerman, Gosar, Begich Investigate NGOs Targeting Alaska's Willow Project This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) inquired into six radical environmental groups' efforts to s  more