COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes for state, local authority to combat illegal drone drops at prisons * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones, and other items. Per federal law, only a narrow set of feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Joins Bipartisan Bill to Impose Sanctions on Russian Energy Sector, Shadow Fleet * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to co-sponsor the Sanctioning Harbors and Dodgers of Western   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Murkowski, Schatz Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai?i) introduced the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026 (NAHASDA), comprehensive legislation to reauthorize and modernize federal housing program  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Carr Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This is a major public safety threat impacting correctional facilities acro  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Idaho AG Urges Supreme Court to Block Federal Agencies from Writing Criminal Law * Idaho urges Supreme Court to enforce constitutional requirement that elected representatives, not federal agencies, define criminal conduct BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a brief this week urging the United States Supreme Court to restore the constitutional requirement that Congress, n  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Idaho researchers advance critical materials recycling technologies Labeled glass containers full of liquids stirred by spinning magnets are connected to humming machines with neatly organized tubes. Here in this lab space at the Idaho National Laboratory, scientists are pioneering ways to extract critical materials from recycled waste products. C  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 30 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * IDSAM Supports Legislation Strengthening Regulation of Kratom * On March 27, the Idaho Society of Addiction Medicine (IDSAM) sent a letter of support for SB 1418. This bill contains strengthened regulations for the sale of kratom products including establishing a minimum age for purchase at 21 and bolstering requirements for warning labels on packaging.  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Senators Push to Advance Housing Policy in NAHASDA's 30 TH Anniversary Year Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. S  more

LEWISTON, Idaho, March 31 -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: * * * Popular LC State name change bill does not receive a House hearing Despite unanimous support by the Idaho Senate, Lewis-Clark State College's name change bill, Senate Bill 1234, did not receive a hearing in the Idaho House and will not be able to move forward this session, school administrators announced Monday. The name change proposal received overwhelming campus support and unanimous State Boar  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service is initiating a pilot program to test alternative values for modest housing. The initiative aims to support the Section 502 direct loan program by adjusting how area loan limits affect self-help housing and properties receiving third-party affordable housing assistance. The pilot evaluates the impact of allowing property values in the self-help program to exceed current maximum area loan limits. Under the s  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 30 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Tens of Thousands of Nevadans Protest Trump's Cost-Raising Agenda While Lombardo Cheers Him On * Tens of thousands of Nevadans took to the streets this weekend to fight back against harmful GOP policies wreaking havoc on our state, all while Joe Lombardo caves to Donald Trump's cost-raising agenda - even saying he's doing a " fantastic job." As Lombardo prioritizes Trump over working families,  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release on March 30, 2028: * * * USDA Announces U.S. Participants for Trade Mission to the Philippines The U.S. Department of Agriculture will lead a trade mission to Manila, Philippines, from April 13-16, 2026, to expand market access for American farmers, ranchers, and producers. This mission follows a landmark trade agreement negotiated by President Trump in July of last ye  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 31 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * West Virginia Attorney General Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Attorney General JB McCuskey has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This drone use is a major publi  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Working Families Tax Cuts Deliver More Health Care Choices On National Doctors' Day, we recognize the important role physicians play in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the country. From years of intensive training to long hours and painstaking procedures, doctors work hard to serve Americans when they need it most.  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Pregnant Women and Families * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and a group of Senate colleagues introduced the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, legislation aimed at ensuring pregnant women and new mothers have access to critical support services by protecting funding for pregnancy resource centers and community-based fa  more