CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 28 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * AG McCuskey asks Supreme Court to reverse EPA rule threatening West Virginia jobs, energy costs * Attorney General JB McCuskey announced today he is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a devastating inflationary Biden-era EPA air quality regulation that has raised costs for West Viriginia manufacturers, utilities and farmers. Leading a 25-state coalition with Ke  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Aging Trans-Alaska Pipeline to Get Only Perfunctory Review * Washington, DC -The Trump administration has just initiated an environmental review for renewing the right-of-way for the massive Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) for another 30 years, allowing public comment for only 15 days. This short period indicates that the climate and other impacts from  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 27 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * ALA announces 2026-2027 Spectrum Scholars * CHICAGO -The American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services awarded 2026 Spectrum Scholarships to 60 exceptional students pursuing graduate degrees in library and information studies. Since 1997, ALA has awarded more than 1,600 Spectrum Scholarships. In the most recent application c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Highlights National Park of American Samoa During National Park Week * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is highlighting the beautiful National Park of American Samoa during National Park Week. Typically held in April, park week was moved to August this year to align with this week's National Park Service's 110th birthday, celebrated August 25th. National  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Holds Change of Command * KOTZEBUE, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) held a change of command ceremony, Monday, while at anchor in Kotzebue. Rear Adm. Jeffery Novak, deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Matthew Press relieved Rear Adm. Dorothy Hernaez as Stratton's commanding  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news wrap up entitled "DSCC Friday Takeaways": * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: The Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 67 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. * THE PRICE IS...WR  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * El Morro and El Malpais National Monuments Welcome New Superintendent GRANTS, N.M. - The National Park Service has selected Brinnen Carter to serve as the new superintendent of El Morro and El Malpais national monuments. Carter begins this new role on Oct. 4, 2026. Carter brings 28 years of National Park Service experience to the position. He most recent  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Halt Massive Old-Growth Logging Project in Alaska's Tongass National Forest * AAK'W KWAAN AANI/JUNEAU, Alaska-A Southeast Alaska Tribe and two conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a 15-year, large-scale old-growth logging project in the Tongass National Forest on Revillagigedo Island east of Ketchikan.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * MGMA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Modifier -25 Payment Reduction The Honorable Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1848-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850 Re: File Code CMS-1848-P; Medicare Program; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physici  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Liberal Bill Hill Called to Move Alaska Communities Away from Oil and Gas Liberal Bill Hill called for "moving Alaska communities away from oil and gas" while pushing to "revive elements of the Biden-era green-energy agenda." "Liberal Bill Hill wants to bring back Biden's failed energy policies and put D.C. Democrats ahead of Alaskans. Hill's radical agenda would raise costs, crush Alaska'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * The future USS Ted Stevens to be Commissioned in October * WHITTIER, Alaska (Aug. 27, 2026) - The U.S. Navy will commission the future Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on Oct. 3, 2026, in Whittier, Alaska. The ship and its commissioning location honor the legacy of the late Senator Ted Stevens, a decorated World War II Army Air Corps pilot and a lifelong champion for the state of Al  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 28 -- The University of Montreal (Universite de Montreal, or UdeM) issued the following news: * * * Sheryl Magzamen: an epidemiologist on a mission The American scientist has moved to Montreal, bringing her decades of research on environment and health--and a passion for turning science into action--to UdeM's School of Public Health. By Beatrice St-Cyr-Leroux Sheryl Magzamen's first days in Montreal have been much like many newcomer's: unpacking boxes, getting the ki  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Rising Costs Continue to Put Republicans on Defense Ahead of Midterms Wall Street Journal: "Cost-of-living worries are ... giving Democrats an advantage" Associated Press: "President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada is escalating as the midterm elections approach, threatening Republican efforts to address voters' economic concerns in a year when control of the  more