Public Policy & Government News

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES, a leading space solutions company, issued the following statement following the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approval of the Upper C-band Report & Order that makes 160 megahertz of the Upper C-band available in the contiguous United States for flexible-use, next-generation terrestrial wireless services via a system of competitive bidding. The required auction of the Upper C-band will be completed no later than July 2027, with spectrum clearing dea...

KAMPALA, Uganda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) welcomed the African Union’s focus on debt sustainability at this week’s Specialized Technical Committees session in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, while urging African leaders to continue pushing for structural reforms to a global debt system that prevents developing countries from investing in healthcare, education, and other basic human needs. The Abidjan talks build on the Common African Position on Debt adopted by African Heads of...

GARDNER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Upwards, a national child care benefits platform, has been selected by United Way of North Central Massachusetts as the technology and child care payment partner for a new shared-funding child care program serving employees of Heywood Healthcare. The program is funded through the Commonwealth's Employer Child Care Innovation Fund (ECCIF), part of the Healey-Driscoll Administration's nearly $2 million investment to expand employer-supported child care across Mass...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Housing is a Human Right Calls on Mayor Bass and L.A. City Council to Stop Failed ‘Inside Safe’ Program as L.A. Homeless Count Rises...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The world’s largest Indigenous language learning video game, Métis Life, on Roblox, celebrates Métis Nation Day with exciting new updates....

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A New Movement to Transform America's Public Defense System Takes Center Stage in San Francisco...

SAN FRANCISCO & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salesforce, the world’s #1 Agentic CRM, today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded the company, through its distribution network, a $1.6 billion, three-year, Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA).* Through the agreement, VA will leverage Missionforce to modernize care and service delivery and help provide more timely, consistent, and connected experiences for America’s Veterans.Building on a relationship spanni...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZAPTEST announced today that ZADS — AI Digital Soldiers — has been assessed as “Awardable” and is available to authorized government users through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. Tradewinds gives Department of War mission organizations, program offices, acquisition professionals, and contracting activities access to competitively assessed artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital, data, and analytics solut...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNITE HERE Local 11, a union representing thousands of Arizona food service workers, filed a lawsuit in state court last Friday against the Arizona prison system for allegedly declining to disclose information about prison food service and the performance of the prison chief food service contractor, Aramark. Aramark is a major contractor for state facilities in Arizona, including ASU and the Phoenix Convention Center. Despite generating nearly $18.5 billion in revenues...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CDRE) (“Cadre” or “the Company”), a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of safety equipment and other related products for the law enforcement, first responder, military and nuclear markets, announced today that it plans to release financial results for the second quarter that ended on June 30, 2026, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, after the close of market trading. The company has scheduled a conference call to disc...