WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47505) on April 7, 2023, entitled "Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function" by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function This report describes the structure, activities, legislative history, and funding history of the eight federal region  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47505) on April 14, 2023, entitled "Student Loan Cancellation Under the HEROES Act:" (Continued from Part 3 of 5) * * * Procedural Injury While the Nebraska plaintiffs advance several standing theories whose particulars sometimes vary state to state, the Brown plaintiffs advance a single standing theory alleging that both borrower plaintiffs suffered the same type of injury and that an order vacatin  more

PARIS, France, April 17 -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2023: * * * Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers draw extensively on IEA analysis and activities as they agree communique at meeting under Japan's G7 Presidency * * * Ministers of the G7 group of advanced economies today gave strong recognition to many areas of the IEA's work on clean energy transitions and energy security - including critical minerals, energy efficiency, renewables  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 17 (TNSres) -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy's Internet Governance Project issued the following article: By Milton Mueller, founder of IGP an internationally prominent scholar specializing in the political economy of information and communication, Karim Farhat and Jyoti Panday Technology panics now seem to go through fashion cycles. Last month it was Tiktok. The new trend in town is AI regulation. Would-be policy influencers are falling all  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on shareholders of JPMorgan Chase to vote "yes" on Proposal 6, a resolution asking the financial institution to phase out its financing--including loans, bonds, and underwriting--of companies engaged in fossil fuel expansion. The resolution will be proposed at the JPMorgan Chase Annual General Meeting on May 16. "JPMorgan Chase must   more