WASHINGTON, April 21 -- American Civil Liberties Union has issued a public comment on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in HUD Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on April 13, 2020, and posted on April 16, 2020: The comment was co-signed by Louise Melling, deputy legal director; Ronald Newman, national political director; Heather L. Weaver, senior staff  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 21: Six former senior government officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army condemned the Trump administration's plan to gut long-established clean water protections. The administration's final rule, published in the Federal Register, severely limits the waterways that are protected by the Clean Water Act, undercutting clean water protections that   more