WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * Amid Rising Uncertainty, Small Businesses Express More Concern About the Economy * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Confidence among America's small businesses declined for a second straight quarter, signaling growing unease about the economic outlook amid rising inflation pressures and broader uncertainty, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index for Q1 2026. The Index  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, Sutton, Alaska, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. National Park Service opposing to the rule which seeks to alter current regulations by granting the State of Alaska primary authority over fish and wildlife management within these protected areas. CVTC, the governing body of the federally-recognized Chickaloon Native Village, emphasized its responsibility to safeguard the health and welfare of its Tribal citizens  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Corps of Engineers Outlines Glacier Flood Mitigation Efforts * Adam Telle, Army assistant secretary for civil works, visited Juneau, Alaska, March 24, to observe ongoing solutions the Army Corps of Engineers is using to address flooding ahead of the annual Mendenhall Glacier outburst flooding events. Telle outlined the Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District's multipronged efforts to mitigate annual flooding  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2027 Budget * Heinrich, Lujan: "Trump's budget is a slap in the face to working families in New Mexico" WASHINGTON \- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Financeand Senate Budget Committee, released the following state  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2027 Budget * Heinrich, Lujan: "Trump's budget is a slap in the face to working families in New Mexico" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Budget Committee, released the following stateme  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * U.S. Space Force launches DoW STP-S29A mission, delivers experimental and research payloads Summary: The U.S. Space Force successfully launched the Department of War's (DoW) Space Test Program S29A (STP-S29A) mission aboard a Minotaur IV rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. This mission delivered the the STPSat-7 space vehicle housing five DoW experiments and additional r  more