LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news on Oct. 19, 2021: On Monday 18 October 2021, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh H.E. Robert Chatterton Dickson announced that the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office would provide pound sterling300,000 of financial support to Bangladesh-based Solshare, one of the 15 finalists in the inaugural Earthshot Prize competition. To mark the occasion, the British High Commissi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance issued the following testimony by Thomas Silverstein, associate director of the Fair Housing and Community Development Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as part of a virtual hearing on Sept. 22, 2021, entitled "Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of Exclusionary Zoning on People, Resources and Opportunity": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3050) to "remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Department of Veterans Affairs on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges." The bill was introduced on Oct. 21 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3028) to "authorize the Attorney General to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, States and units of local government to develop, implement, or expand 1 or more programs to provide medication-assisted treatment to individuals who have opioid use disorder and are incarcerated within the jurisdictions of the States or units of local government." The bill was introduced on Oct. 20 and was c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3022) to "subject certain private funds to joint and several liability with respect to the liabilities of firms acquired and controlled by those funds." The bill was introduced on Oct. 20 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 309 Ha  more