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Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Biden admin set to finalize major gas car crackdown over warnings from automakers, energy industry

March 18, 2024

Via: Fox News

The Biden administration is expected this week to finalize highly anticipated regulations targeting gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions, considered the tip of the spear in its efforts to electrify the transportation sector. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to issue […]


Education, Industry

Missouri Senate passes sweeping education bill

March 14, 2024

Via: Fox News

Students across Missouri could have access to scholarships for private schooling through an expanded tax credit program passed Thursday in the GOP-led state Senate. Senators voted 19-10 to pass the sweeping education bill, an approval earned after weeks of bipartisan […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

New federal policy gives Native American tribes power to veto green energy development

February 26, 2024

Via: Fox News

Federal regulators quietly implemented a new policy enabling Native American tribes to effectively veto certain green energy development projects on their land. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order rejecting three large hydroelectric pump storage projects — which […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Florida passes bill to ban left lane driving with few exceptions

February 23, 2024

Via: Fox News

The state of Florida is set to crack down on life in the fast lane. The Florida legislature has passed a bill that would ban motorists from cruising in the left lane of highways, sending it to Gov. Ron DeSantis […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

White House is distributing $5.8 billion from the infrastructure law for water projects

February 20, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is distributing another $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects around the country, paid for by one of its key legislative victories. The new allocations will go to projects in all 50 states, bringing […]


Health Care, Industry

New FDA-approved drug makes severe food allergies less life-threatening

February 17, 2024

Via: ArsTechnica

Living with food allergies can be a fraught existence. There is no cure, and the standard management is to be ever vigilant of everything you eat and have an emergency shot of epinephrine constantly handy in case an accidental ingestion […]


Defense, Industry

Russian efforts to create anti-satellite weapons are cause for US concern

February 15, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The U.S. has gathered highly sensitive intelligence about Russian anti-satellite weapons that has been shared in recent weeks with the upper echelons of government, according to four people who have been briefed on the intelligence. The people, who were not […]


Defense, Industry

Young Republicans slam Senate bill that ignores US migrant crisis, funds Ukraine

February 13, 2024

Via: Fox News

Younger Senate Republicans ripped GOP leadership after the Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill without addressing the migrant crisis at the southern border. Early Tuesday morning, the Senate voted 70 to 29 in favor of President Biden’s requested […]


Defense, Industry

Republicans attempt to get hardline border security bill into foreign aid package

February 9, 2024

Via: Fox News

Some Senate Republicans are pushing to get stricter border security measures added to the foreign aid bill after tanking the bipartisan immigration deal. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Thursday filed an amendment to add hardline border security measures to the […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

The head of FAA pledges to hold Boeing accountable for any violations of safety rules

February 6, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency will use more people to monitor aircraft manufacturing and hold Boeing accountable for any violations of safety regulations. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is expected to face a barrage of […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Philadelphia receives $19.3M for safety projects

February 5, 2024

Via: Transportation Today

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently awarded Philadelphia $19.3 million in Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) funding for seven safety projects. The ASE pilot program was created in 2018. Gov. Josh Shapiro made it permanent in January. The Philadelphia Parking […]


Energy & Environment, Industry, Policy, State & Local

California sued over Newsom-signed laws forcing companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

January 30, 2024

Via: Fox News

A coalition of business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a federal lawsuit against the State of California over its two recently-enacted laws forcing companies to disclose climate data. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District […]


Education, Industry

State Legislators’ Focus on Education in 2024

January 30, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Educational institutions are no stranger to the limelight, particularly when it comes to politics and the priorities of state lawmakers. As shown by the following overview of pending bills and legislation, education will continue to be a hot topic for […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Biden revisits decaying Wisconsin bridge to announce $5B for infrastructure in election year pitch

January 25, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The last time President Joe Biden visited Superior, Wisconsin, he warned of the danger posed by the deteriorating John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge — pointing out the decades-old corrosion that had weakened the overpass connecting the two port cities in […]


Defense, Industry

Murphy says border talks ‘largely done,’ signaling potential final phase

January 22, 2024

Via: POLITICO

Bipartisan border talks are “largely done” and have advanced to the Senate Appropriations Committee — signaling talks are entering a potential final phase — according to lead Democratic negotiator Sen. Chris Murphy. “Our work is largely done,” Murphy (D-Conn.) said. […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Mississippi approves incentives for EV battery factory that promises 2,000 jobs

January 19, 2024

Via: Fox News

Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday gave broad, bipartisan approval to state incentives for a factory that will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles — a project that promises 2,000 jobs with an average salary of about $66,000. After legislators voted, Republican Gov. […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

Supreme Court may overturn precedent governing climate regulations

January 18, 2024

Via: ArsTechnica

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, one of the most important principles guiding federal regulation for the past 40 years. The doctrine, named for a 1984 court case involving Environmental Protection Agency air […]


Health Care, Industry

Yellen says current US economic growth ‘vindicates’ Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic stimulus spending

January 17, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pushing back against Republican criticism of the Democrats’ big coronavirus pandemic response package and making an election year pitch that the current state of the U.S. “vindicates” the steps taken in 2021 to “get our […]


Industry, Workforce

White House looks to eliminate college degree requirements for cyber jobs with federal contractors

January 16, 2024

Via: Government Executive

The new National Cyber Director Harry Coker, in his first public remarks since starting the job in December, said that the White House intends “to reduce unnecessary barriers” federal contractors face in filling cybersecurity jobs, like requirements for four-year college […]


Education, Industry

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

January 12, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that’s taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan forgiveness was originally set to begin in July under the […]