WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Bismarck, North Dakota, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's proposed revisions to regulations governing the disposal of coal combustion residuals from electric utilities. Montana-Dakota addresses the agency's April 2026 proposal to amend the federal CCR rules, including the potential rescission of the Coal Combustion Residual Management Unit requirements and various adjustments to  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSFR) -- The National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, has completed a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act inventory identifying human remains with cultural affiliation to eight Tribal nations, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The museum determined the remains represent one Native American child about 11/2 to 2 years old. According to the notice, the remains were removed f  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSFR) -- The National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act identifying human remains with a cultural affiliation to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The museum, part of the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Health Agency, determined the   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Lawfare Partnership with SBA to Shield Producers, Ranchers, and Small Businesses from Weaponized Regulation * (Washington, D.C., July 2, 2026 ) - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to combat weaponized regulatory and enforcement actions against America's producers, ra  more