RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 17 (TNStalk) -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2022: * * * Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Swecker released the following statement on President Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. "Virginia Democrats and President Biden are laser-focused on taking on special interests to fight inflation, and the Inflation Reduction Act is going to do just that - lowering costs on everything from prescription drugs to hea  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 17 (TNSrpt) (TNSreact) -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: President Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday afternoon the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes roughly $370 billion in tax credits and other programs to expand clean energy and reduce planet-warming pollution, and aims to reduce U.S. climate emissions by 40% by 2030. The law invests in. * Clean, renewable energy: The United States has enough wind and solar resour  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) $1.6 million grant to support the Downriver Riverfront Communities Economic Recovery Implementation Project. This grant is funded by the EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Commitment. "This economic development grant will help the Downriver community redevelop two coal plant sites and establish a new program to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 20-RC-175876) by Region 20 Director Joseph F. Frankl: * * * MCCABE, HAMILTON & RENNY CO., LTD., Employer and WORKING FOREMEN'S AND WORKING SUPERVISORS' UNION, LOCAL 100, INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE & WAREHOUSE UNION, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Working Foremen's and Working Supervisors' Union, Local 100, International Longshore & Warehouse Union (Petitioner) seeks to represent a un  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced the Downriver Riverfront Communities Economic Recovery Implementation Project will receive $1.6 million in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Grant funding was provided as part of the American Rescue Plan and EDA's Coal Communities Commitment. "Climate change is real, an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of Ironton to make necessary roadway and water infrastructure upgrades to help attract new businesses to the city's main industrial area. The funds were made possible through the EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Commitment, which was included  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a legislative package to fight inflation, lower prescription costs for seniors, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030. The legislation also takes historic steps to force Wall Street and corporations to pay their fair share - it makes a historic reduct  more

UNDERWOOD, North Dakota, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for a tour of Blue Flint Ethanol LLC's carbon sequestration project and Tailgate Tuesday. "Carbon capture and sequestration are the future of affordable, reliable, and abundant energy in the U.S. and North Dakota is leading th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2022, with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law: "We're proud that this law will lower the price of prescription drugs, reduce the deficit, bring down energy bills and fight climate change. We're also glad that it will help ensure that miners suffering   more