OAKLAND, California, April 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 17 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) proposed overdraft fee rule, amending Truth in Lending Act (TILA) regulations. The proposed rule would require large banks to apply consumer protections, include interest rate disclosures, to overdraft fees. In doing so, the proposed ru  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $10.5 million to fund the first year of four, five-year cooperative agreements aimed at developing strategies to assist youth and young adults with disabilities -- particularly in underserved communities -- in successfully transitioning into the workforce. The awards have been granted to the Conn  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that two directors of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (WBD) have resigned from the WBD board after the Antitrust Division expressed concerns that their positions on both the WBD and Charter Communications Inc. boards violated Section 8 of the Clayton Act (Section 8). Section 8, which Congress made a per se violation of the antitrust laws, prohibits the sam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: In celebration of Earth Month, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $167,000 in grants to support equitable access to outdoor recreation events through the Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation (MOOR). 21 organizations and municipalities have been awarded Inclusive and Accessible Event grants to improve ease of access to   more

JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 3 -- The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia issued the following news release: The Fall 2024 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship program is open for applications until April 18, 2024. This U.S.-State Department-sponsored program brings undergraduates or recent graduates ages 18 to 25 to the United States for a five-week institute held on the campus of a U.S. college or university. Over the past decade, hundreds of Indonesian YSEALI members have  more