TUPELO, Mississippi, March 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. First Metropolitan operates a consumer loan and finance company in various towns across north Mississippi and in Bolivar and Memphis, Tenn. The EEOC's laws more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 813) to "promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services." The bill was introduced on March 17 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., E more ST

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 811) to "establish the Taiwan Fellowship Program." The bill was introduced on March 17 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Christopher Coons, D-Del., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. It was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For more information, Sen. Edward J. Markey, 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-2742; or in state at 975 P more ST

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 783) "making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021." The bill was introduced on March 16 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. It was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth War more ST

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 874) to "establish a green transportation infrastructure grant program." The bill was introduced on March 18 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. The legislation was referred to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. For more  more ST