WASHINGTON, May 22 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Amendment on Senate Bill 24 weakens Alaska's smoke-free workplaces law: Facts about Secondhand Cigar Smoke * ANCHORAGE, Alaska -A last-minute amendment to Senate Bill 24, which was passed by the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, would allow smoking inside some retail cigar stores. The amendment creates an exemption to Alaska's smoke-free workplace law, which pas  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for November 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas * SANTA FE, N.M.- The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 53 oil and gas parcels totaling 13,453 acres that may be included in a November 2026 lease sale in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. T  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks input for September 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 35 oil and gas parcels totaling 34,596 acres in Utah in a September 2026 sale. The comment period ends June 22, 2026. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels i  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 32 States And D.C. Between April 2025 And April 2026; 32 States Add Construction Jobs From March To April Texas and Louisiana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Lag; Florida and New Mexico Lead in Monthly Gains, While New Jersey and Maine Have the Biggest and Steepest   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Probate Surge Returns $28 Million to Native Families * The Department of the Interior today announced that $28 million has been distributed to tribal beneficiaries following the completion of a set of probate cases through the Office of Hearings and Appeals after a probate surge event held by the Indian Affairs Probate Strike Team at Fort Berthold Agency in North Dako  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-328): * * * As part of the Alaska Connect Fund Order, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) in coordination with the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) must publish an Eligible-Areas Map showing which areas are eligible and ineligible for Alaska Connect Fund mobile support, and of those that are eligible, which are in duplicate-suppor  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Improve New Mexicans' Access to Healthcare & Keep Rural Hospitals Open * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation to improve New Mexicans' access to healthcare and keep rural hospitals open by extending the Rural Community  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Dan Sullivan "Begs Donors to Help Him 'Pay for Gas' after Voting to Continue Trump's War" Alaskans are feeling the pain from high gas prices driven by Dan Sullivan's votes in DC - but that hasn't stopped him from begging Alaskans to "cough up" funds for his gas money in a shameless fundraising email as prices skyrocket past $5/gallon across the state. Sullivan,   more

HAMILTON, Ontario, May 22 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * McMaster researcher helps uncover rapid Arctic water pollution driven by climate change Thawing permafrost is transforming Arctic streams into acidic, metal-laden waterways, sometimes within a matter of days. By Andrea Lawson Thawing permafrost is rapidly transforming dozens of Arctic streams into acidic, metal-laden waterways, according to new research published today in Science. The study shows ho  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT students study plasma physics beneath Alaska's aurora * For many graduate students, waking up at noon after a 4 a.m. bedtime is a sign of a night well spent. For a group of MIT students, it was simply the start of their workday -timed not to the sun, but to the aurora. Their goal was simple: to study plasma phenomena using the aurora borealis as a natural laboratory. The proce  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * MURKOWSKI RAISES TRIBAL PRIORITIES DURING FY 2027 BUDGET HEARING ON INDIAN AFFAIRS AND IHS PROGRAMS U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Requests for Indian Affairs programs at the Department of the Interior and the Indi  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * MURKOWSKI, SCHATZ LEAD COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF EIGHT BILLS U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Committee, led Committee passage of the following eight bills at a business meeting: * S. 236, To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * READOUT: Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Murkowski Lead Bipartisan All-Women Congressional Delegation to Canada IQALUIT, CANADA - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Co-Chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus, led a bipartisan, all-women congressional delega  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * SCHATZ, MURKOWSKI LEAD COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF EIGHT BILLS U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Committee, led Committee passage of the following eight bills at a business meeting: * S. 236, To amend the Act of August 9,   more

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, May 23 -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act Advances to Floor from House Energy and Commerce Committee Legislation Authorizing the FDA to Order the Destruction of Imports that Pose Significant Public Health Risks Takes Another Major Step Forward. * Roughly one week after the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce met for a markup that included the Destruction of Haza  more