News by subject: STP

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today issued the following statement in response to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement to increase the 2023 conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Capitol Integration, based in Bradenton, Florida has been named as one the fastest-growing companies owned or led by Florida State University alumni. They will be honored during the 6th annual Seminole 100 Celebration on Saturday, February 25, 2023....

California's housing market continued shifting in October as the monthly average 30-year...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) recently awarded global consulting and digital services provider ICF two new contracts totaling $34 million to provide research, advisory and other services to support...

The Connell Rail Interchange Coalition is indicating that nearly 40 letters have been sent from various Counties, Ports, Cities, EDC's, companies, railroads and other entities to Governor Jay Inslee, the Office of Financial Management and to various...

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) has installed its 2023 Leadership Team. Leading the team is C.A.R. President Jennifer Branchini, a full-time Bay Area REALTOR® since 1998. Serving with Branchini are President-elect Melanie Barker,...

The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) welcomes Elsa Jacobsen and Kathlyn McHenry to its team as directors of state policy and government relations. Together they will help oversee ECEC's government relations operations in over a dozen...

The following is a statement from Lynne Ryan, Lawrence County Republican Committee Chairwoman: Lawrence County is composed of hardworking Pennsylvanians who are currently struggling. We're struggling to make ends meet. Struggling to attain a better...

A new analysis by Solutionary Rail indicates substantial rail capacity is available in southeast Washington State to quickly replace barging on the Lower Snake River. Solutionary Rail (SR) assessed the historic, current, and potential future of rail...

Following a brief sales bounce back in August, rapidly rising mortgage rates slowed...

The tech economy can ? and should ? be available to anyone, especially in rural America. Increasingly, rural communities are...

On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Gov. Sisolak announced a historic increase in home care funding and a $15 minimum wage for caregivers in his state budget. The funding and wage increases, which workers have been...

Many college graduates are looking forward to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, expected to go live this week. This forgiveness is intended to lessen the burden of their financial debt. But while the wait may be agonizing for some...

American Electric Power , on behalf of its subsidiary Public Service Company of Oklahoma, today issued a request for proposal (RFP) for firm physical natural gas storage service. Proposals for natural gas storage service are sought for a two-year...

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®' (C.A.R.) Center for California Real Estate (CCRE) is partnering with the University of California Center Sacramento to sponsor two upcoming events aimed at exploring solutions to critical issues in California...

Starting Oct. 12, Margaritaville at Sea is increasing availability for its industry-first "Heroes Sail Free" program, in partnership with GovX, by offering a free cruise on any sailing to Heroes sailing with a paying a guest. The change ensures all...

On Wednesday, September 28th, 2022  World Childhood USA launched the USA's pilot US Out of the Shadows (US OOSI) Index with a live webinar and roundtable discussion featuring sex trafficking survivors, activists and policymakers at Shearman &...

CALIFORNIA REALTORS® will gather in person next week for the first time in three years for the state's premiere real estate trade show at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach Calif. REimagine! Conference & Expo, running Oct. 11-13, offers...

Dohmen Company Foundation Chairperson Cynthia LaConte announced today that the Foundation has pledged $75 million over seven years to advance its vision of life without diet-related disease. The commitment was spotlighted during the White House...

On the heels of California's new FAST Recovery Act, leading self-service solutions firm PYE wants to partner with quick service restaurants to help combat the legislation many operators believe will harm their businesses. Since the bill's...

Akin Gump welcomes Jan Walter as a senior policy advisor to the firm's Washington, D.C.-based public law and policy (PLP) practice. Based in Geneva, Jan is the first member of the PLP group located outside the United States, a strategic expansion of...

Today, AES Ohio, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation , filed its latest Electric Security Plan (ESP) with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)....

Californians for Homeownership, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) that aims to address California's housing crisis through impact litigation, today announced that it has filed lawsuits against the...

A brief retreat in mortgage rates that created a slightly more favorable lending environment provided a window...

The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) issued formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency's proposed payment policy changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2023. In both letters, AAOS urged the agency...

The Foundation of Government Accountability (FGA), under the Freedom of Information Act, was due to receive documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 8th that revealed how the DOJ is complying with the Biden Administration`s...

The Inflation Reduction Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022 without any changes to section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. The tax statute governs 1031 exchanges, a popular method used by property...

With the sixth National Clean Energy Week (NCEW) nearly a month away, governors in five states have been the first to issue proclamations recognizing September 26-30, 2022, as Clean Energy Week in their respective states as well. The governors...

The EB-5 program is officially back in operation after several EB-5 industry stakeholders reached a settlement agreement with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") that safeguards EB-5 investors and re-authorizes previously...

State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and the California ABLE Act Board announce the "We Are CalABLE'' campaign to promote CalABLE, the tax-free savings and investment program that is improving the lives of people with disabilities. The California ABLE Act...

Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's 33 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, announced nearly $3 million in new funding for three state...

Housing California enthusiastically announces the selection of champion and visionary, Chione Lucina Muñoz Flegal, as the organization's next Executive Director....

In 2019, there were five high school graduates for every housing unit permitted in the state of California.[1] As housing supply fails to adjust to California's growing population, home prices have risen to $900,000 as of May.[2] This is driving...

In early July, Bellabeat was the first pregnancy tracker to roll out a new layer of data security to protect their base of all female end users' data in the wake of the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe Vs. Wade. Like many mobile apps, they...

Voyager Labs, an award-winning world leader in advanced investigation solutions, and Voyint, LLC, a provider of expert investigative services, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver end-to-end investigation solutions, support and services...

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Sixteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $883,370 median-priced home in the second quarter of 2022, down from 24 percent in first-quarter 2022 and down from 23 percent in second-quarter 2021.A minimum annual income of...

Earlier today, President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which also authorized "Community" becoming the seventh category of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards. The bill authorizes communities across the United...

Aug. 11 is almost here, and on its 50th anniversary of service to the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania One Call System hopes that the 8/11 date on the calendar will serve as a natural reminder for residents to contact 811 prior to any digging project to...

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE)...

Members of Los Angeles Drug & Alcohol Policy Alliance (L.A. DAPA), California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) and Alcohol Justice will be joined by Los Angeles City Council Members led by Councilmember Paul Koretz at a City Hall rally to oppose...

Today, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President Miami Mayor Francis Suarez named Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell as the first chair of the organization's new Standing Committee on Technology and Innovation. The new committee will examine broadband...

As policymakers continue to explore a potential digital dollar, efforts to address key questions posed in President Biden's recent Executive Order regarding the feasibility of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the United States are well...

Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act, a new statewide campaign, Live Wildly, is launching to illustrate how the 18-million-acre Corridor touches Floridians' everyday lives, right down to their food and water...

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In the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision dismantling the constitutional right to abortion, yesterday a hearing was held in the Council of the District of Columbia's Committee on Government Operations and Facilities for DC Councilmembers...

Parking is a $100 billion industry worldwide. It is segmented into two types: on-street parking and off-street parking. On-street indicates municipal parking meters and off-street is typically private sector garages and surface lots. One of the...

Today synED, a national non-profit organization that identifies emerging best practices for effective articulation between employers, job seekers, and education providers, announced that Jared Amalong, Director of Computer Science and Digital...

A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that calls to increase already record levels of immigration would only add to existing economic woes like decreased labor force participation and growing income disparities,...

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is announcing it has retained Paul Clement and Erin Murphy of Clement & Murphy, PLLC, to represent NSSF in its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in its lawsuit, NSSF et al v....