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Congress Confronts Self-Driving Safety Standards, Job Loss

Congress Confronts Self-Driving Safety Standards, Job Loss

by Zachary Miller and Julia Richardson | Feb 2, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – Automated Vehicles (AVs) are poised to overhaul supply chains and taxi networks, and potentially displace hundreds of thousands of workers. But Congress has yet to give concrete guidance on how regulators should react. “It shouldn’t be done state by...
FTC to Congress: COVID-Related Fraud, Price Gouging “Skyrocketing”

FTC to Congress: COVID-Related Fraud, Price Gouging “Skyrocketing”

by Zachary Miller | Feb 1, 2022 | Business, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – Elderberries claiming to boost immune response. Empty storefronts posing as testing clinics. Contact tracing calls that are actually from identity fraudsters. Bootleg hand sanitizer from Mexico, fake KN95 masks from China and $60 rapid tests from...
HRC: Corporate Support for LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Continues to Rise

HRC: Corporate Support for LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Continues to Rise

by Ellisya Lindsey | Jan 27, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — A record-number of corporations participated in the Human Rights Campaign’s 20th annual workplace equality survey, the organization announced on Thursday.  “We are never going to reach a destination but will always be on a path of continuously improving...
Lawmakers Weigh Blockchain Promise Against Energy Use

Lawmakers Weigh Blockchain Promise Against Energy Use

by Zachary Miller | Jan 20, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — Although the largest blockchain products have drawn investment toward renewable power sources, their energy footprint is massive — and growing — according to new data that lawmakers grappled with at a Thursday hearing. “According to one estimate, 2021...
Facebook whistleblower urges Congress to hold Big Tech accountable

Facebook whistleblower urges Congress to hold Big Tech accountable

by Ali McCadden | Dec 3, 2021 | Business

WASHINGTON — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress for the second time on Wednesday, warning lawmakers that getting caught up in partisan battles over legislation to hold digital platforms accountable for causing harm to users is just what...
Black LGBTQ+ leaders call for elimination of economic barriers

Black LGBTQ+ leaders call for elimination of economic barriers

by Ali McCadden | Nov 11, 2021 | Business

WASHINGTON — Black members of the LGBTQ+ community Tuesday asked members of Congress to pass civil rights legislation and create greater visibility for LGBTQ+ people of color, saying they face greater barriers in banking, buying a home and other financial transactions...
Key House Democrat wants to ratchet up law aimed at Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges

Key House Democrat wants to ratchet up law aimed at Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges

by Rayna Song | Oct 27, 2021 | Business

WASHINGTON — Beijing’s refusal to allow U.S. government oversight of Chinese companies whose stocks are traded on American exchanges increases risks for investors, the chairman of a House Financial Services subcommittee said Tuesday as he backed changes to a new law...
Small Business owners urge Congress to fix labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, calling them a threat to expansion

Small Business owners urge Congress to fix labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, calling them a threat to expansion

by Rayna Song | Oct 20, 2021 | Business

WASHINGTON – Executives representing small businesses from home construction to candy manufacture told a House Small Business Subcommittee Wednesday that supply chain disruptions and labor shortages are hampering their efforts to grow their businesses. John C. Fowke,...
‘Retail redlining’ or small-business cost-saver? Lawmakers debate the impact of going cashless

‘Retail redlining’ or small-business cost-saver? Lawmakers debate the impact of going cashless

by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 18, 2021 | Business

Businesses should not be allowed to refuse to accept cash because it hurts vulnerable populations, Democrats on a House Financial Services subcommittee said Thursday, as Republicans said using cash increases operating costs for small retailers. A bill co-sponsored by...
Slain journalist’s father asks Facebook to take down videos of her murder

Slain journalist’s father asks Facebook to take down videos of her murder

by Rayna Song | Oct 12, 2021 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — In August 2015, television reporter Alison Parker was live on air when a gunman approached her and killed her along with her cameraman Adam Ward. Despite multiple attempts from her father Andy Parker to take down videos of her final moments, people can...
Washington’s tourism industry faces shutdowns from COVID-19

Washington’s tourism industry faces shutdowns from COVID-19

by Olivia Olander | Mar 17, 2020 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — Reading a map with her back to the Washington Monument, Anne Basanese, a grandmother on vacation from Massachusetts, prepared herself to respond to the novel coronavirus by cutting her trip a day short. “We pushed our luck coming here and we’re...
Economic challenges and opportunity: United States and India struggle to lockdown multibillion dollar trade deal

Economic challenges and opportunity: United States and India struggle to lockdown multibillion dollar trade deal

by Rupa Palla | Mar 12, 2020 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – The economic relationship between the United States and India has grown under the leadership of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, but the future of trade between the countries is uncertain. The U.S. goods and services...
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