WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Four organizations have issued a joint public comment on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in HUD Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on April 13, 2020, and posted on April 16, 2020: The comment was co-signed by Stanley Carlson-Thies, founder and senior director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance; Carl H. Esbeck, leg more ST

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- American Civil Liberties Union has issued a public comment on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in HUD Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on April 13, 2020, and posted on April 16, 2020: The comment was co-signed by Louise Melling, deputy legal director; Ronald Newman, national political director; Heather L. Weaver, senior staff more ST

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, and Governor John Carney of Delaware announced their appointees that will serve on the multi-state, regional council to restore the economy and get people back to work. Th more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 22 -- Harvard Law School issued the following news: Jason Bell '21 is spending this Earth Day helping fight the Trump administration's efforts to replace the Clean Power Plan--an Obama-era scheme that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants--with the new Affordable Clean Energy rule, which relaxes those restrictions. A student in Harvard Law School's Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, Bell is drafting a brief on behalf of a group of econo more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 20 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release: New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Delaware Governor John Carney, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced their appointees to the multi-state council to restore the economy and get people back to work. The appointees include one health expert, one economic d more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 22: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) announced the introduction of legislation to mobilize Americans to fight against the coronavirus. Introduced in the Senate last week by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic (UNITE) Act of 2020 would expand authorization of opportunities within AmeriCorps and the Federal Emergency Managem more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release: If a group of Obama-appointed federal retirement board members have their way, members of the United States military and federal employees will inadvertently fund China's People's Liberation Army through their federal retirement plans - but a bill introduced Friday by U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) would put a stop to the practice and ensure the retirement money is invested responsibly - and doesn't fall more PR