WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings On April 30 and May 1, the Commission met in executive session. On May 1, the Commission held an open meeting. * * * Advisory Opinions Advisory Opinions Issued Advisory Opinion 2024-04 (Independence Blue Cross LLC Political Action Committee) (https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2024-04/) On May 1, the Commission approved an advisory opinion in respo  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 4 -- The Oregon State Legislature issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, lawmakers are committing their support to restore public access to Portland State University and hold those who have damaged school and public property accountable. "Violence that has occurred at Portland State University, as well as the damage to public property, has caused harm to our community and distracted us from real conversations about a humanitarian crisis," said Rep Dacia Gra  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update on May 3, 2024: * * * Semiaquatic Mammal Damage Management In Oregon, USDA Wildlife Services-Oregon * * * Wildlife Services (WS), a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, is announcing the availability of a predecisional Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts   more