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 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power released the following testimony by David Palumbo, deputy commissioner of operations at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, from a March 17, 2026, hearing on legislation to address drought and promote water security: * * * Chair Hoeven, Ranking Member Wyden, and members of the Subcommittee, I am David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) with  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 28 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Bill Glahn: * * * 'Free the Nukes' at the Capitol Will progress be made on repealing the ban on new nuclear power plants? Fox-9 reported earlier this week, "MN lawmakers look to expand nuclear power in push for carbon-free energy." Fox 9 reports, "Minnesota's moratorium on new nuclear   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards * This administration is not just rolling back rules, it is eliminating the monitoring infrastructure needed to know what is coming out of these smokestacks in the first place. Photo: Canva March 30, 2026 (Boston, MA) - Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), as part of a coalition of public health, environmental  more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Lawsuit challenges rollback that allows more mercury, lead, and other toxic pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants * A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration's repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, le  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

HELENA, Montana, March 30 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Announces Board Appointment * * March 30 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the following appointment: Fish and Wildlife Commission Vern Gagnon, Billings: Gagnon serves as the Dean of City College for Montana State University-Billings. He is a licensed fishing guide and the owner of Reel Therapy Charter Fishing. Gagnon has worked as a fish  more

HELENA, Montana, March 30 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte, Dept. of Revenue Highlight Number of Claims for Reduced Property Tax Rate * * March 30 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte and the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) today announced nearly 260,000 primary homes and nearly 36,000 long-term rentals are enrolled in either the Homestead or Long-Term Rental Reduced Rates. "Working with our partners in the legisl  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

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 31 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State offers noncredit spring courses for community members Registration is open for professional development and continuing education courses held April through June at Montana State University. Members of the Bozeman and campus communities can learn to weld, embody the mindset of a business executive, work with artificial intelligence tools and more. Course offerings, provided by MSU's Academic  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

MISSOULA, Montana, March 30 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release: * * * UM Computer Scientists Land Grant to Improve Models of Melting Greenland Glaciers * Assistant Professor Jacob Downs and Associate Professor Doug Brinkerhoff are faculty members in UM's Department of Computer Science. They earned a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to train neural nets on historical data, which should build capacity to project future glacier evolution. Neural   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Three Montana Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Hail, High Winds and Heavy Rain * Seventeen Contiguous Counties Also Eligible for Assistance This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from nat  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