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The Biden administration is funding technical assistance for places that have been left behind, so they can access public investments.

STAFF REPORT   I srael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly stated last week in a trip to Germany that Israel is and “will remain a liberal democracy,” …

Government Executive email Coronavirus Roundup: OMB Outlines Regulatory Review for American Rescue Plan; SBA to Open Restaurant Relief Program There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. The McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility released a new report on Wednesday about how the pandemic has accelerated economic inequity in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, income, educational background, geographic location, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, and immigration status.  “Without a more inclusiv...

Biden Moves To Strengthen EPA For First Time In Decades Screenshot from official @POTUS Twitter Reprinted with permission from The Biden administration is asking Congress for more than $110 million to hire and support scientists and staff at the Environmental Protection Agency, which the previous president decimated. The EPA lost almost 1,000 scientists and other employees under Donald Trump administrators Andrew Wheeler and Scott Pruitt. The budget was cut yearly or stagnant for decades. In inflation-adjusted dollars, it was more than 50 percent higher under President Ronal...

Apr 12, 2021 06:00 AM EDT President Donald Trump has spent the last four years trying to slash the budgets of federal departments that deal with climate change and the atmosphere. Former President Barack Obama advocated canceling renewable energy research, reducing government funding for flood prevention, and consolidating key federal agencies. In 2019, he also went so far as to request that Congress cut support for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by 31%, bringing it down to lows not seen since 1993. (Photo : Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) President Joe Biden is now poised to take...