WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Projects Will Strengthen Responsible Domestic Supply Chains and Reduce Our Nation's Reliance on Foreign Sources * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $32.75 million for 12 projects that will advance cost effective and environmentally responsible processes to produ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Bennet, Hickenlooper, King, Lujan, Merkley, Shaheen, Van Hollen, Warner & Welch Unveil Amendment to Improve Laken Riley Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Angus I. King (I-ME), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) unveiled a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Owner, company admit to violating federal retirement law * * * PORTLAND, OR - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. and the R.B. Pamplin Corp. to restore at least $20,600,000 in assets to the company's pension plan after the plan's unlawful acquisition of company-owned real estate jeopardized the reti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Applauds Biden Administration for Protecting Vulnerable Hong Kong Residents in America from Deportation Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a past chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and a leading voice in Congress on human rights and democracy in Hong Kong--today issued the following statement after the Biden Administration extended the Deferred Enforce  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Statement on Ceasefire Deal Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--the first Senator in Congress to call for a lasting ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war--issued the following statement after negotiators announced a deal had been reached to pause fighting in Gaza: "I am highly encouraged by the news of a ceasefire deal that includes a pause in hostilities, the release of dozen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (TNSFR) -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, has announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Owyhee Irrigation District Infrastructure Modernization Project in Eastern Oregon. This initiative seeks to address critical inefficiencies and aging infrastructure that threaten agricultural water management in the region. The system, which provides irrigation water to approxima  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * OP-ED: Greenland Is Nice, but Alaska Is Better My state is a huge national asset, but Biden treated it like a national park. There's been a lot of talk about President-elect Trump's idea of buying Greenland. But one U.S. state offers all of Greenland's benefits: Alaska. The problem is that the Biden administration has spent its time trying to turn the Last Frontier into a giant national park rather   more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Governor Tina Kotek submitted a list of state board and commission appointments and reappointments to the Oregon Senate for confirmation. The Senate Committee on Rules will consider the nominations in early February. "When I make and review appointments, I name those who carry out their task with the same accountability, transparency, and good governance that I consider as paramount in ever  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 15 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Oregon Wild announced today a settlement with the U.S. Forest Service regarding the Grasshopper logging project in the Mount Hood National Forest. The agreement includes significant changes that will result in better protections for mature and old-growth forests, northern spotted owl habitat, and carbon storage, while allowing for forest management activities focused on smaller-diameter thinning and pre  more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 15 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: Lack of knowledge generally doesn't hold up as a defense for breaking the law. OSBA has stepped forward to make sure school board members aren't caught unaware about public meeting laws. Starting Jan. 1, 2024, all members of a governing body with expenditure authority of $1 million or more a year are required to receive public meeting law training at least once per term in office. The training must be pre  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * * * * There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 January 15, 2025 Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. No  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on police accountability databases: * * * On Friday, January 10, the Biden-Harris Administration convened state leaders, along with representatives from law enforcement groups and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), to continue the work of making our communities safer through good policing. IADLEST operates the National Decertification Index (NDI), a regi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good to see everybody. Today, the president -- the Biden-Harris administration is approving student loan relief for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of Americans who have had their student debt approved to be can  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * Letter from President Biden Four years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities. We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. But we came together as Americans, and we braved through it. We emerged stronger, more prosperous, and more secure. Today, we have the stronge  more