WASHINGTON, May 14 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Alaska Cancer Advocates Call for Passage of Senate Bill 83, Assuring Telehealth Payment Fairness * JUNEAU, Alaska - Access to quality, affordable health care is crucial for all Alaskans to lead healthy and happy lives and Senate Bill 83 will be a step in assuring that access, especially for residents in the most rural parts of the state, putting telehealth rate  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 14, 2026: * * * Governor Dunleavy Names Stephen Cox his new Counsel to the Governor Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the appointment of Stephen Cox as his new Counsel to the Governor. The appointment comes after the legislature's decision to not confirm him as attorney general, despite his extensive legal and public policy experience and proven record of defending Alaska's interests both at   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces July 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Montana and North Dakota * BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for July 14, 2026, to offer 66 oil and gas parcels totaling 29,087 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in February 2026 and held a public comment   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Opposes Fiscal Year 2027 Funding Bill That Slashes Billions For Scientific Research, Technology Development And STEM Education * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) reported that his House Appropriations Committee today approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and Related Agencies funding measure. The measure would provide $80 billion, a $1.2 billion dec  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on May 14, 2026: * * * Population Growth Holds Steady in Midsized Cities Amid Widespread Slowdown Largest Cities Faced Sharpest Declines in Population Growth * Amid a widespread national slowdown in population growth, midsized cities remained close to the previous year's patterns between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Drop-offs in average growth were steeper among the largest cities, according to U.S. C  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 14, 2026, by Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project, research intern Yu-Hsuan Yeh and senior fellow Jane Nakano, both of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program: * * * The Iran Conflict Illuminates Taiwan's Unique Energy Security Challenge The war in the Middle East and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz have raised energy security concerns in Asia, as rough  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: * * * DAF selects partner for commercialized on-base lodging ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force has selected a commercial partnership team for the Commercial On-Base Lodging initiative, announced in May 2025, that will allow the department to transition its on-base lodging capability across the U.S. and its territories. The DAF has selected Centinel Publ  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Trump Admits He Doesn't Think About Americans' Financial Situation & GOP Senate Candidates Are Proving They Don't Either As families in Senate battleground states across the country struggle with rising costs across the board, surging inflation, gas price spikes in every single state, and a worsening and more costly health care crisis, Donald Trump made clear that Republicans "don't thi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 14 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * Court Orders EPA to Redo Weak Rule for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical Victory -- Ruling says the agency failed to justify its lenient regulation of decaBDE * A federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the law when it refused to regulate significant exposures to the toxic flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), which is linked to a wide array of hea  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 14 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis, Lt. Governor Primavera, Legislative Leaders Celebrate Progress in 2026 Legislative Session, Reflect on Eight Years of Strong Results * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis, Speaker Julie McCluskie, and Senate President James Coleman discussed how the 2026 legislative session will save people money, build more housing, better fund Colorado classrooms, keep Colorado communities safe, pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Speaks Out Against Trump Admin's Plan to Undo the Roadless Rule, Strip Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Lands * VIDEO WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, joined a press conference hosted by U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service is seeking public comment on dozens of properties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, including sites in Connecticut, Maine, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, California, Colorado and Alaska. The agency said comments must be submitted by May 28, 2026, for nominations received before May 2. The notice includes historic districts, schools, shipwreck  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Proposes Rule to Expand Visitor Access at Denali National Park and Preserve * WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule to improve visitor access at Denali National Park and Preserve by updating outdated vehicle use regulations for the historic Denali Park Road. The proposed rule would amend National Park Service regulations to clarify that up to 160  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 14 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU doctoral student receives Cobell Fellowship * LAWRENCE -Annalise Guthrie, a University of Kansas doctoral candidate in ecology & evolutionary biology, has been named a recipient of the Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellowship. The award provides $30,000 in support over 12 months to American Indian and Alaska Native scholars who are completing their doctoral dissertations. Guthrie is one of t  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 14 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Military Child Attends 8 Schools, Leaves a 3-Sport-Captain Bound for West Point * Audrey Ortiz-Peterson's first day of kindergarten was in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Her first day of first grade was in Panama City, Florida. Second and third grade were in Anchorage, Alaska, where her school would occasionally warn students about bear and moose sightings they may encounter while walking home. Fourth  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski Discusses FY27 Budget with EPA Administrator Zeldin * Washington, DC- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, welcomed Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to discuss the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2027. Senator Murkowski impressed upon Administr  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski Votes to Remove U.S. Armed Forces from Iran * Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement following her vote on Senate Joint Resolution 163 : "Today, the Senate voted on a resolution directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Iran, the eighth such resolution on this matter. I voted against the previous seven resolutions  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski: NOAA Decision on Chinook ESA Listing Provides Much-Needed Clarity * Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today released the following statement after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed its review process and declined to list Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NOAA found that Gulf of Alaska Chin  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 15 -- The North Carolina Republican Party posted the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * REPORT: Roy Cooper evacuated from Governor's Mansion while publicly praising rioters Yesterday, North State Journal reported in detail the hypocrisy of Roy Cooper's public praise and private actions when downtown Raleigh burned for multiple nights. The evacuation Former members of law enforcement told NSJ that sometime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on May 31, Cooper an  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump signs Kennedy, Daines, colleagues' bill to protect Louisiana hydropower plants * WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed into law a bipartisan bill from Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to increase hydropower production in Louisiana and elsewhere. The 'Build More Hydro' bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) t  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, May 14 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Scholarship Honors Late Idaho State University Biological Sciences Alumnus * An Idaho State University alumnus is being honored through the establishment of a new scholarship in his name. Recently, an anonymous donor established the Walter T. Smith Memorial Biological Sciences Scholarship Endowment at ISU. Smith earned degrees from Cornell University, Temple University, and the University of Oregon. In 1969  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13226) by natural resources policy specialists Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Laura B. Comay. Here are excerpts: * * * Seabed Mining on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf: Background and Recent Developments As part of a national effort to secure reliable supplies of critical minerals, President Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14285 of April 24, 2025, "Unleashing America's Offsho  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * Senate Majority PAC Commits $10 Million to Flip Alaska Senate Seat Today, Senate Majority PAC announced an initial $10.6 million television reservation in Alaska to support Mary Pel  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release on May 14, 2026: * * * Senate Majority PAC Commits $13.4 Million to Flip Iowa Senate Seat Today, Senate Majority PAC announced an initial $13.4 million television reservation in Iowa against Republican ca  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release on May 14, 2026: * * * Senate Majority PAC Commits $20 Million to Defend Michigan Senate Seat Today, Senate Majority PAC announced an initial $20 million television reservation in Michigan against Republi  more

PASADENA, California, May 14 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Space Weather and Sun Science: A Conversation with Christina Cohen * Space physicist Christina Cohen first joined the Space Radiation Laboratory (SRL) as a postdoctoral scholar in 1996. At the time, the group was helmed by the late Edward Stone, a giant in the fields of space physics and planetary astronomy, who spent six decades at Caltech establishing the SRL and leading numerous space m  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 14 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news: * * * The Class of 2026 Celebrates Their Achievements * Meet just a few of the 3,720 graduates who will be crossing the stage this week during UNLV's 2026 spring Commencement. From hospitality to sciences, these Rebels are ready to launch -or enhance -their careers and make an impact in their communities and beyond. Nancy Esposito Doctor of Public Policy, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 14, 2026: * * * U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to Join Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the 5th Annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference Governor Mike Dunleavy is pleased to welcome Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference next week in Anchorage. As part of a trip covering several days across Alaska,   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Not just an energy drink: National study finds kratom use is rising More than 5 million people in the U.S. have used kratom in their lifetime, including more than 100,000 children ages 12-17 * A national study of kratom use in the U.S. found rising popularity among young adults, and it is linked to addiction and mental health issues, according to new research from the University of Michigan a  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 14 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * USAF, RAAF and RNZAF strengthen trilateral relationship with C-130J cooperation * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces; Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshal Stephen Chappell, Chief of Air Force; and Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Darryn Webb, Chief of Air Force, signed a trilateral Letter of Understanding for C-130J  more