WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Rear Adm. Lower Half Richard S. Lofgren, acting chief of the U.S. Navy Reserve, from an April 17, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chair Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the 59,000 Navy Reserve Sailors, 2,400 Strategic Sealift Officers, and 400 civilians of the Navy Reserve. I wa  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Calls on the Trump Administration to Investigate Alaska School District's "Gender Identity" Policies * Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal federal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) against Hoonah City School District (HCSD) in Hoonah, Alaska, alleging that the distri  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 17 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights against the rise of the administrative state * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson is joining a 21-state friend-of-the-court brief pushing back against burdensome regulations on national markets and the rise of the administrative state. The brief was filed in support of a challenge to a 2020 federal statute requiring the U.S. Envi  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Begich Votes to Greenlight Trump's Reckless War That is Raising Costs on Alaska Families * Yesterday, Nick Begich voted in lockstep with Donald Trump and Deputy Speaker Mike Johnson to give the president unchecked power on his reckless war of choice in the Middle East. As a result, costs are rising for hardworking American families who are paying more at the gas pump after alrea  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces 2026 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Coastal Plain * ANCHORAGE, Alaska -The Bureau of Land Management will hold an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on June 5, 2026. This is the first lease sale for the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain under the Working Families Tax Cuts and is a milestone in unlea  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces June 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Colorado * LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for June 16, 2026, to offer 170 oil and gas parcels totaling 155,816 acres in Colorado. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in January 2026 and held a public comment period that closed in March 2  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks input on proposed Castle Mountain Mine expansion in southern California * NEEDLES, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments for the proposed second expansion of the Castle Mountain gold mine in the eastern Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County. The Castle Mountain Mine Phase 2 Project is the BLM's first mining project to receive fu  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Democratic Senate Candidates "Dominate" GOP Opponents in Q1 and Are "Practically Printing Money" in a "Warning Sign" for Republicans In case you missed it, "Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their ability to flip the Senate" as Democratic Senate candidates are "practically printing money," posting "eye-popping," "staggering," and "  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- American Rivers issued the following news release: * * * Hard Rock Mine Proposal Earns Chilkat River #6 Spot on America's Most Endangered Rivers List of 2026 The Chilkat River (Jilkaat Heeni), the lifeblood of Klukwan, Alaska Native communities, and home to the largest congregation of Bald Eagles on Earth, has been named to America's Most Endangered Rivers list of 2026 due to a large-scale hard rock mine proposed along one of its major tributaries. Canadian Vizsla Co  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, April 18 -- The Air Line Pilots Association International issued the following news release: * * * Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Union Elects Leadership Team HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Earlier this week, the Hawaiian Airlines Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) elected its officers for a two-year term starting May 6, 2026. Capt. Larry Payne was unanimously re-elected to his fourth consecutive term as MEC chair. Capt. John Crabbe was unanimousl  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, April 17 -- Furman University posted the following news: * * * Paul L. Thomas says education policy and socioeconomic policy have strong ties * Paul L. Thomas was quoted in the Alaska Beacon and other news sources about standardized test scores and what they mean for policymaking. Thomas, a longtime Furman University education professor, told the Alaska Legislature Task Force on Education Funding that standardized test results might not be the most appropriate dat  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Environment] -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Rushes Offshore Mining Lease Sales in Pacific Waters, Sidestepping Indigenous Consultation * New Interior document outlines 2026-2027 timeline targeting American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Alaska, with Indigenous outreach planned only after  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, from an April 17, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 budget requests: * * * Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, it is my privilege to testify on behalf of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. This testimony will provide an overview of the current state of the Ma  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Family-led firearm strategy goes 'beyond the screen' to curb suicide risk A family-centered approach to firearm safety can change how guns are kept in homes and may offer a new path to reducing suicide risk. A new University of Michigan study, published in Injury Prevention, tested a method called the Family Safety Net in Alaska, which shifts suicide prevention away from individual screening  more