WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Answers from Trump Admin on Closure of Head Start Office that Serves Grantees in Wisconsin WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is demanding answers from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the closure of five regional Head Start offices across the country, including the Region 5 office in Chicago which serves Head Start grantees  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.3 percent in March, up 2.7 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown Votes Against MAGA Budget That Cuts Medicaid, SNAP to Fund Tax Breaks for Billionaires Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the Republican Budget Resolution on the House floor. The latest Republican budget calls for $5.5 trillion in tax cuts, partially paid for by significant cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential benefits. House Republicans only passed   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown Votes Against Radical and Reckless Republican Voter Suppression Legislation Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the SAVE Act, legislation that would restrict voting rights for millions of eligible American citizens and create new burdens and costs on military voters, married women, minority voters and others. The SAVE Act is entirely unnecessary because it is alrea  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Carey, Neal, Salazar, Stauber Introduce Religious Workforce Protection Act Bill would allow foreign-born religious workers to continue to perform essential services in American communities WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, U.S. Reps. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15), Richard Neal (D-Mass.-01), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.-27), and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.-08) introduced the Religious Workforce Protecti  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Jordan, Grassley, Fitzgerald, and Lee Demand Information from Ivy League Schools on Potential Collusion in Tuition Pricing WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust S  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Dave Taylor Introduces Bill to Curb Bureaucratic Delays and Enhance Affordability of Rural Broadband WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) introduced the Bridging the Broadband Gap Act, which will prioritize the affordability and expansion of broadband to rural communities through satellite and fixed-wireless broadband. This bill will allow states to use funds from the Broadband  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 10, 2025 AIR FORCE STS Government Solutions LLC, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $99,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 System Program Office integration engineering support. This contract provides for engineering, technical, and logistical, manpower support and technical data required to perform the organic integration activities. Work will be perform  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on April 10, 2025: * * * Name of Product: Long-Haul 5L ATV Gas Cans Hazard: The portable fuel containers violate the child-resistant requirements for closures under the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act. The closure for the product is not child-resistant, posing a risk of burn, fire and poisoning to children and the risk of serious injury and death. Remedy: Refund Recall Date: April 10, 20  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on AI and American Global Competitiveness WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led a full committee hearing titled Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and Am  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Ohio Tax Preparer A federal court in Ohio yesterday permanently enjoined a Columbus, Ohio, tax preparer from preparing returns for others and from owning or operating any tax return preparation business in the future. According to the court's order, Michael Craig, both individually and doing business as Craig's Tax Service, consented to the ent  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. WP 24-02R) on April 1, 2025 by Christian Garciga, Randal J. Verbrugge and Saeed Zaman entitled "Improving the Median CPI: Maximal Disaggregation Isn't Necessarily Optimal." Here is the abstract: * * * For decades, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (FRBC) has produced the Median Consumer Price Index (CPI). It has proven useful in various contexts, such as forecasting and unders  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the receipt of multiple permit applications to conduct scientific activities intended to support the recovery of endangered and threatened species across several U.S. states. In a notice published April 11, 2025, in the Federal Register, the agency invited feedback from the public, as well as local, State, Tribal, and Federal stakeholders, regarding proposed actions that include surveys, resea  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Jordan, Lee and Fitzgerald Launch Bicameral Investigation into Potential Ivy League Tuition Pricing Collusion WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are inspecting the tuition pricing practices of Ivy League member institutions. The chairmen are joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Jordan, Lee and Fitzgerald Launch Bicameral Investigation into Potential Ivy League Tuition Pricing Collusion WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are inspecting the tuition pricing practices of Ivy League member institutions. The chairmen are joine  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Overwhelmingly Passes Landsman's Bill to Increase Foreign Investment in U.S. Semiconductor House Energy and Commerce Committee Overwhelmingly Passes Landsman's Bipartisan Bill to Increase Foreign Investment in U.S. Semiconductor Industry Cincinnati, OH - Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH) announced that his bipartisan legislation - The Securing Semic  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 11 -- Illinois Realtors issued the following news on April 10, 2025: * * * Illinois REALTORS Relief Foundation offers disaster assistance to Southern Illinois storm and flood victims Southern Illinoisans whose homes have been damaged by April storms and flooding can apply for up to $500 in mortgage or rental assistance and unreimbursed losses directly related to the disasters (e.g. insurance deductible, home-related not covered by insurance) from the Illinois REAL  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Schakowsky, Espaillat, Panetta Introduce Legislation to Protect Immigrant Survivors of Violence WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today introduced the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (WISE) Act to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and gender-bas  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Joyce Questions Government Accountability Office on Maintenance of Federal Properties WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee Chairman Dave Joyce (OH-14) questioned U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Director of Physical Infrastructure, Dave Marroni, on the GAO's assessment of the costs of deferred maintenance   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur and Mann Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Fighting for Farmers with Biofuel Tax Credit Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Tracey Mann (KS-01) reintroduced the bipartisan and bicameral Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, which would protect American farmers by restricting the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically sourced   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * McCaul Votes For SAVE Act to Protect Election Integrity WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) -- chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Homeland Security -- voted for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislation he also cosponsored in both the 118th and 119th Congress. The SAVE Act would strengthen federal law by requiring proof of American citizen  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Demands Answers Following Hospital Closures in NE Ohio WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) sent a letter demanding answers from Steward Health Care System, Medical Properties Trust, and Insight Health Systems after the sudden closure of two hospitals in Trumbull County left over 200,000 Ohioans without access to care. Senator Moreno called on executives to explain how they plan   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Moreno Leads Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Chinese Investment in US WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), along with Senators Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), introduced the Providing Rigorous Oversight Through Evaluation Of Concerning Transactions (PROTECT) Act, which would give the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) ne  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Station Nation: Meet Nick Kopp, SpaceX Dragon Flight Lead Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is currently leading NASA's efforts to prepare, launch, and return the agency's 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. He works directly with SpaceX and collaborates with NASA's many internal, external, and international partners to ensure the  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 11 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Auditor of State Places Trimble Local School District in State of Fiscal Emergency Due to Nearly $3 Million Operating Fund Deficit COLUMBUS -- Auditor of State Keith Faber has placed the Trimble Local School District in Athens County in a state of fiscal emergency as a result of a projected operating fund deficit of nearly $3 million. A fiscal analysis by the Auditor of State  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, the United States has not had a trade surplus in over half a century. Trade deficits translate into lost jobs and lost wealth for the American people. Balancing U.S. trade accounts is an imperative and a worthy objective, but Trump administration tariffs   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 13 committee hearings on April 9, 2025: * * * DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded open and closed hearings to examine United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General William J. Hartman, USA, Acting Commander, United  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Fighting for Farmers with Biofuel Tax Credit Washington - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) today reintroduced the bipartisan and bicameral Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, which would protect American farmers by restricting the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels mad  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sens. Moran, Rosen Introduce Legislation to Correct Religious Heritage on Grave Markers for Fallen Servicemembers WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) today introduced legislation to identify and research Jewish-American servicemembers interred in American cemete  more