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Markey staffers announce progress in union push

Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) staff on Monday announced progress on unionization efforts. “On the one-year anniversary of our request, we are proud to have achieved voluntary approval and a strong agreement in principle,” Massachusetts Democratic Party staff said. Said This was said in a press release from the Parliamentary Workers Union (CWU). “We look forward […]

Pennsylvania SOTU guest ‘a little disappointed’ by lack of progress on rail safety

Local Pennsylvania officials who were invited to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night as a guest of Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) spoke on the one-year anniversary of the train derailment in the state. said he was “a little disappointed” by the lack of progress on the railway safety law. East Palestine, Ohio. […]

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says inflation progress ‘not assured’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that he still expects a rate cut later this year, but added that progress in lowering inflation is “not guaranteed.” “If the economy continues broadly as expected, it would be appropriate to begin tapering policy restraints at some point this year,” Powell said in preparation […]

Julius Randle, OG Anunoby make progress in road trip with Knicks

CLEVELAND — Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson and OG Anunoby all traveled to Cleveland with the Knicks in a game that manager Tom Thibodeau labeled the “next step” for his injured starting frontcourt. There were no players in the game, but it was his first time playing in a road game since his injury. “It’s the […]

Equality Act backers undeterred by lack of progress three years later

2021 began as a monumental year for LGBTQ rights. In January, newly sworn-in President Joe Biden issued two executive orders to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and rescind a ban on transgender military service introduced by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. signed. That same month, the Department of Labor suspended […]

Progress in Hostage Talks as Hamas Gives Up on Ending War

Israeli sources say progress will be made in talks in Paris, France, this weekend over the release of hostages by Hamas in exchange for a pause in fighting, as the Palestinian terror group appears to be backing away from demands for an end to the war. It was reported that there was. The rough outline […]

Congress barrels toward government shutdown deadlines with little progress so far

Lawmakers are once again taking their time finding a way to avoid a government shutdown. House and Senate leaders met in mid-January and passed a short-term extension of last year’s government spending levels, known as the continuing resolution (CR), giving them more time to fast-track an agreement for the remainder of fiscal year 2024. . […]