WASHINGTON, March 21 [Category: Media] -- Public Knowledge posted the following news release on March 19, 2026: * * * FCC Formally Approves Illegal Nexstar Media Group/Tegna Merger in $6.2 Billion Deal Risking Local News, Free Speech Today, the Federal Communications Commission released its Order formally approving the illegal $6.2 billion Nexstar Media Group/Tegna merger - despite the proposal exceeding both the 39% national ownership cap and local market limits. If the deal closes, local ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Mike Natchee, vice chairman of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, from a March 18, 2026, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Chair Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and Honorable Members of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, thank you for the opportunity to testify on Fiscal  more