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To complement the United States return to the Paris climate agreement, elected officials joined the business and nonprofit community to launch the America Is All In coalition, which aims to collaborate with the federal government on the fight against climate change.
Co-chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Charlotte, NC Mayor Vi Lyles and CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd H. Dean, the group has pledged to cut carbon emissions by at least 50% from a 2005 baseline by 2030, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The newly formed coalition builds on the work of the We Are Still In effort, which brought together state, tribal and local governments, businesses, academic institutions, nonprofits and other groups to curb emissions in the absence of federal aid. With President Biden’s administration pledging action on climate change, officials said this new initiative can supercharge those efforts.
As millions of Texans lost power and water from devastating winter storms, Ted Cruz booked a flight to Cancun in a political misstep that likely won’t harm his long-term career.
In this image from video, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks to check in for his flight back to the U.S., at Cancun International Airport in Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Dan Christian Rojas)
(CN) When asked about which Republican candidate he liked during the 2016 presidential campaign season, the venerated former Kansas Senator Bob Dole said he liked “nearly all of them.”
“Except Cruz,” he added.
Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, drew damning ire this week after leaving the state to travel to Cancun with his family as millions of his constituents were left behind to deal with deadly winter storms.
How to Launch the Next Great Era of Black Prosperity
Historically black colleges are the institution best positioned to deliver greater racial equality throughout America. They just need support. Left: Students on campus at Howard University in 1946; Right: A class at Spelman College in 2018 Left: Alfred Eisenstaedt / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty; Right: Melissa Golden / Redux
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Even today, in this time of racial awakening, many white Americans continue to ask the same demeaning question about historically Black colleges and universities that they did a decade ago and in the decade before that: With the end of Jim Crow and the integration of college campuses, does the country still really need HBCUs?
President Joe Biden's selection of a Manatt adviser to oversee Affordable Care Act policymaking and Medicare reimbursement on Friday makes crystal clear that veterans of major law firms and state attorneys general offices will be pivotal players on the president's health care team. Here, Law360 looks at key names to know.