WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Trump's SOTU Address, Cantwell Defends America's Voting System on Senate Floor: "State Systems... Are Working, and They Are Not Finding Significant Voter Fraud." * 02.24.26 ALSO: Cantwell & WA Sec of State Steve Hobbs, her SOTU guest, appear at press conference to highlight threats to WA's secure & accessible vote-by-mail system; Cantwell snapshot report shows how House-passed SAVE A  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Kenjus Watson, assistant professor in the American University School of Education, received a grant from the university to produce a film and toolkit aimed at preventing Black youth suicide. The funding supports the project, Raising Fireproof Children, which converts academic research into tangible community resources. According to Watson, the work addresses a crisis reflected in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Statistics show suicide rates for Black  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL HIGHLIGHTS APPEALS COURT WIN IN LAWSUIT OVER SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 15 attorneys general announced the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the coalition in its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education's unlawful discontinuation of previously approved mental health grants for K-12 schools. In the order issued Tue  more

ORANGE, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- Avangrid, an energy company, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Avangrid and Xcel Energy Extend Offtake Agreement for 150 MW Power Project in the Midwest Xcel Energy to continue receiving energy from MinnDakota, a 150 MW power project located on the Minnesota-South Dakota border * Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it extended its offtake agreement with Xcel Energy for electr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Carter, Schatz, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal * WASHINGTON, DC [2/25/2026] - Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen marine carbon dioxide removal research and development in the United States. Marin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Valadao, Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Exports of Fruit, Vegetables, Nuts and Other Specialty Crops * Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation today to help farmers fight through trade barriers and sell more fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops in foreign markets. Rep. Su  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * California Winery Challenges Government Mandate Forcing Businesses to Fund Speech * A California winery says the government is forcing it to fund speech it opposes, and now it's fighting back. With help from the Goldwater Institute, Flying Goat Cellars is challenging a Santa Barbara County mandate that requires wineries to pay a 1% fee and join a private marketing association against t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Bynum's Statement Following President Trump's State of the Union * Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) attended President Trump's State of the Union Address to Congress. She was joined by Daniel Dodd, a Clackamas Community College student, who has been outspoken about the cost of living as a young Oregonian. Rep. Bynum released the following statement after the speech: "Toni  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Crapo, Wyden Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Exports of Fruit, Vegetables, Nuts and Other Specialty Crops Valadao and Bonamici Lead House Companion to the Specialty Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act * Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 26 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Court Orders Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon Victory -- Federal defendants ordered to change Columbia Basin hydropower operations to protect endangered salmon and steelhead * PORTLAND, OR -- A federal court in Oregon today ordered federal agencies to change operations of the Columbia Basin hydropower system in critical ways to help improve salmon survival  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has proposed amending the Class E airspace over Florence Municipal Airport, Oregon. This action seeks to improve the management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations and ensure the safety of aircraft. The proposed changes involve expanding the northern boundary of the airspace to better contain RNAV departure and approach procedures. Specifically, the expansion would encompass aircraft unt  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb. 25 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in northern elephant seals confirmed in California * Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Ano Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed Tuesday evening. The outbreak marks the first cases of   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 24 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * From Man's Best Friend to Astronauts' Most Reliable Companion * For decades, scientists have been looking for answers about Mars: Is there water on Mars? Where did the water come from? Who used to live on Mars? Can we live on Mars one day? But one of the biggest challenges to finding answers lies in how to gather information on the Red Planet. From challe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47037) on Feb. 23, 2026, entitled "Geographic Cost of Living Differences: In Brief" by macroeconomic policy analyst Lida R. Weinstock. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Cost of Living: When (Inflation) Versus Where (Geographic Differences) ... 1 Measures of Geographic COL Differences ... 1 Economic Considerations ... 4 Why Disparities Persist ... 4 Proxies for COL ... 4 Home Prices  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging the Kennedy Vaccine Schedule and Unlawful Overhaul of Federal Childhood Immunization Policy Complaint Alleges RFK Jr. and CDC Bypassed Federal Law, Ignored Scientific Evidence, and Endangered Children by Gutting Recommended Childhood Vaccines * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a multistate l  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Demands Independent Probe of Funds Used by ICE, CBP to Carry Out Trump's Cruel Immigration Enforcement * DHS Yet to Provide Clear Accounting for Nearly $170 Million from Trump's Big, Ugly Betrayal Appropriated for Immigration Enforcement Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led 20 of his Senate colleagues in calling on th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Merkley Demands Independent Probe of Funds Used by ICE, CBP to Carry Out Trump's Cruel Immigration Enforcement DHS Yet to Provide Clear Accounting for Nearly $170 Billion from Trump's Big, Ugly Betrayal Appropriated for Immigration Enforcement * Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Merkley Statement on CBO Long Term Budget Outlook Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the below statement following the release of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long Term Budget Outlook Data: 2026 to 2056. The statistics in this report were calculated prior t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to strengthen marine carbon dioxide removal research and development in the United States. The  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 25 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * New database may unlock potential of lipids in treating, preventing disease * A new tool enables biomedical researchers from around the world to quickly see the connections between lipids and proteins inside cells, thanks to a new initiative led by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University. Scientists say the new open-access database and dashboard could accelerate new treatments involv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Ted Vander Schaaf, member-owner of Northwest Dairy Association, and the owner of Vander Schaaf Farms, Kuna, Idaho, from a Feb. 12, 2026, hearing entitled "The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Evaluating North American Competitiveness": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today on the importance of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada A  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 26 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * DEQ issues eight penalties in January for environmental violations The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued eight penalties totaling $169,583 in January for various environmental violations. A detailed list of violations and resulting penalties is at ordeq.org/enforcement. Fines ranged from $3,300 to $70,991. Alleged violations included a delivery co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Carbajal Lead California Lawmakers in Push to Protect California Coast from New Oil Drilling * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19), Mike Levin (D-Calif.-49), and Dave Min (D-Calif.-47), led 31 of their colleagues in conde  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 26 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition file lawsuit challenging the Kennedy vaccine schedule and unlawful overhaul of federal childhood immunization policy Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's radical overhaul of the nation's   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Andrea Salinas' Statement in Response to the State of the Union * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's State of the Union address. "I chose not to attend the State of the Union. The State of the Union is supposed to be a serious event that gives an accurate assessment of the state of our country. I  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * Saputo USA Recalls Great Value Cottage Cheese Because of Possible Health Risk Summary Company Announcement Date: February 24, 2026 FDA Publish Date: February 25, 2026 Product Type: Food & Beverages Cheese/Cheese Product Reason for Announcement: Not fully pasteurized. Company Name: Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. Brand Name: Great Value Product Descript  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Bonamici, Carter, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal * WASHINGTON - Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen marine carbon dioxide removal research and development in the United States. Marine carbon dioxide rem  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Schiff, Padilla, Carbajal Lead California Lawmakers in Push to Protect California Coast From New Oil Drilling * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19), Mike Levin (D-Calif.-49), and Dave Min (D-Calif.-47), led 31 of their colleagues in condem  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a Feb. 12, 2026, hearing entitled "The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Evaluating North American Competitiveness": * * * I want to start by noting that the House last night voted to repeal Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada-- tariffs imposed in spite of the USMCA and without the support of Congress. Trump's chaotic tariffs are losing support across the political sp  more

DAVIS, California, Feb. 26 -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * First Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Elephant Seals Confirmed in California Cases at Ano Nuevo State Park Mark State's First Detection of the Disease in a Marine Mammal * Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Ano Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Valadao, Bonamici Work to Identify Foreign Trade Obstacles for Specialty Crop Growers * WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) joined Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to reintroduce the Specialty Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act (Specialty CROP Act). This bipartisan, bicameral bill makes key improvements to the annual U.S. Specialty Crops Trade Issues Repor  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 26 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Congressman Stevan Pearce testified today before a Senate panel tasked with considering his nomination to become the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, an agency that manages 245 million acres of public land and 700 million acres of public subsurface mineral estate. At the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Demands Answers on the White House Hiding the Financial Cost of Tariffs to American Families * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today demanded answers from the White House about its interference with an independent report concluding that tariffs are harming businesses and consumers in Oregon and nationwide. In a letter with eight Senate colleagues, Wyden demanded that White House Nation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Exports of Fruit, Vegetables, Nuts and Other Specialty Crops Bonamici and Valadao Lead House Companion to the Specialty Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act * Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation today   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Daines, Booker and Lee Reintroduce Bill to Create Transparency for Court-Ordered Surveillance * Bill would end practice of sealing orders indefinitely to hide surveillance of Americans' emails and other digital data Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., today reintroduced legislation to require public reporting and notice of the hundreds of thousands of   more