Thursday - October 31, 2024
News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Saturday October 05, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Healey-Driscoll Administration Wins Federal Award to Increase Awareness Around Coverage for Reproductive and Maternal Health Services
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that Massachusetts is one of 14 states awarded federal grant funding through the Affordable Care Act intended to improve women's health coverage and access to critical health benefits. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) will receive $627,854 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, thr  more

HUD: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $279 Million in New Housing Investments
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * New awards will support climate resilience and energy efficiency renovations. * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced nearly $279 million in awards to properties across 23 states and territories under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations of   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Puts Nasdaq on Notice for Setting Illegal Racial Quotas for Directors
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 4 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in putting Nasdaq on notice for its discriminatory gender, sexuality, and race-based quotas for its directors. In December 2020, Nasdaq announced its new quotas mandating that most Nasdaq-listed companies have at least two directors who self-identify as females, racial minorities, and LGBTQ+. Companies that do not meet the   more