Administration Restores Environmental Policies

The measure could stall needed infrastructure projects.  President Biden’s administration is reinstating stricter environmental standards for approving new pipelines, highways, power plants, and other construction projects, including requiring…

Read More

Secretary Blinken Attends Israeli, Arab Summit

He focused on reducing Israeli-Palestinian tensions.  A meeting on Israel’s Negev desert, hosted by Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, brought together the foreign ministers of four Arab nations…

Read More

FDA Extends Antibody Review by Three Months

Monoclonal antibodies have yet to receive full FDA approval. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended its review of…

Read More

FDA Law Closes E-Cigarette Loopholes

Addresses synthetic nicotine as well as natural nicotine. A law that took effect last week will allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate both artificial nicotine…

Read More

Administration Issues Guidance on Infrastructure Materials

Materials should be made in the United States.  President Biden’s administration took a step on Monday toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing on infrastructure projects,…

Read More

Federal Judge Voids Travel Mask Mandate

Rules that health officials exceeded their authority. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as…

Read More

VP Harris Convenes Cabinet Meeting For Maternal Health

Administration seeking to reduce minority maternal mortality. Vice President Kamala Harris conducted a meeting last week with Cabinet secretaries and agency leaders to discuss maternal mortality and morbidity…

Read More

White House Launches Diversity and Equity Action Plan

Hundreds of agencies working to fulfill president’s first executive order. President Biden’s administration revealed their Equity Action Plans last week, the result of one of the executive orders…

Read More

Continuing Unemployment Claims Lowest Since 1970

Jobs are abundant as businesses experience a labor shortage.  The Department of Labor reported that continuing claims for unemployment benefits fell 48,000 to 1,425,00 a week ago, the…

Read More

Bureau of Reclamation Allocates $15 Million for Western Drought

Water supply for irrigation a seventh The Bureau of Reclamation announced $15 million in relief for those affected by the drought along the California-Oregon border. The area is…

Read More

Back to top
FE3