Double standards on corporate diversity initiatives undermine business success
Cultivating workforces and leadership teams with diverse perspectives and backgrounds has become a priority across the U.S. business community. While government mandates around “diversity, equity, and inclusion” have garnered much attention and backlash, private sector approaches have been able to have a more constructive impact. Unfortunately, some bad actors are threatening this progress. Smart American […]
Biden to sign executive order on labor standards during Michigan visit
President Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at ensuring that federal agencies promote strong labor standards, including workplace safety, high wages and a path to unionization. Biden is scheduled to travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to visit a union training center and meet with workers and apprentices who benefited from […]
Biden administration partially restores air pollution standards
For the latest updates on The Hill, click here {beacon} Energy and Environment Energy and Environment Full text Environmental groups challenge federal approval of Louisiana LNG export facility A coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday challenged federal energy regulators over their approval of a Louisiana liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, arguing it would […]
Half of Minnesota students not meeting standards for reading, math or science: state assessment
Newly released state assessment data shows Minnesota students are not meeting testing standards in three key areas of learning. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released new data Thursday revealing that more than half of the state's students are not meeting standards in math, reading and science through testing administered by the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment […]
Oklahoma Republican proposes 'sex-neutral' standards for Secret Service agents
Rep. Josh Breaches (R-Okla.) introduced a bill in the House on Monday that would require “gender-neutral” evaluations of Secret Service agents, as some Republican lawmakers have targeted female agents in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Brecheen’s Secret Service Readiness Act would change the physical fitness standards for all Secret Service […]
Biden admin rebuffs lawmakers’ claims new energy standards will exacerbate ‘dream-killing’ housing costs
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China prepares to formulate world standards for brain-machine interfaces, similar to Musk’s Neuralink
China recently announced it is working to develop a standard for brain-computer implants, a technology that is said to be similar to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, as the country hopes to catch up with the West in brain-computer interface technology, according to the Chinese government. report. The report was prepared by the People’s Republic of China […]
DOJ Tries To Shut Down Case That Exposed Biden Admin Colluded On Medical Standards Used To Justify Child Sex Changes
The Department of Justice (DOJ) took steps Monday to halt a lawsuit that exposed how the Biden administration conspired with transgender medical groups to craft standards currently being used to defend child gender reassignment in the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Biden administration’s challenge to Tennessee’s child sex-change ban, the […]
Biden’s EPA faces lawsuit over new emission standards: ‘Forcing a switch’
The American Petroleum Institute, along with a coalition of energy and trucking groups, recently filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency to block new emissions standards. The groups filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the EPA’s finalized emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty […]
EPA hit with fresh legal challenges to tailpipe emissions standards
Three coalitions of industry groups are filing multiple lawsuits Thursday against the Environmental Protection Agency over its tailpipe emission standards – joining the mounting legal challenges looking to overturn the strictest federal climate regulation for passenger cars and trucks. The lawsuits are challenging the EPA’s finalized rule that would require stricter emission standards for light- […]