Public Policy News

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report released today by the U.S. Plastics Pact urges a dual approach—ambitious voluntary action and bold public policy—to expand the use of postconsumer recycled content (PCR) in plastic packaging and overcome the systemic barriers currently limiting progress. Titled “Overcoming Barriers to Increasing the Use of PCR in the U.S.,” the report provides a holistic analysis of the supply, demand, and financial barriers that limit PCR use. Drawing from the insights...

ATLANTA & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euna Solutions®, a leading provider of best-in-class SaaS solutions, purpose-built for the public sector, today announced the opening of its Call for Speakers for the inaugural Eunaverse 2025 conference. The three-day event is scheduled to take place from Sept. 8–10, 2025, at the Hilton Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, Fla. “Eunaverse is all about learning from each other—what’s working and how we can move the public sector forward together,” said Tom Amburgey,...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAGW named Sen. Warren April 2025 Porker of the Month for her efforts to expand the IRS's Direct File system to prepare and collect everyone’s taxes....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dubai AI Week 2025 to Host World’s Largest Generative AI Championship with $272K Prize...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today the 2025 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Twenty-six fellows will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand how and why our society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy. Under the leadership of Carnegie president Dame Louise Richardson, the 2025 class marks the second year of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program’s focus on buildin...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research reveals the harmful impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug pricing provisions on biopharmaceutical investment, research and development, and patients’ treatment options. Vital Transformation’s research found that aggregate small molecule investments by companies valued at less than $2 billion dropped by 68% since the Inflation Reduction Act was introduced. Further, the study also found a 74% drop in the median size of aggregate investments into i...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilgers Graben is pleased to announce that its Dallas office managing partner, Grant Schmidt, has been named to Lawdragon’s 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025. The nationally recognized legal publication recently debuted the new category, describing those listed as leaders who are “embracing enthusiastic, creative, driven, and intelligent approaches to law firm growth, performance, management, and vision.” “Grant is truly a one-of-a-kind leader,” said firm foun...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The announcement by Doug Ford’s Conservatives of the expansion of “strong mayor powers” to an additional 169 municipalities is further undermining the fundamentals of democracy in our communities and enables personal political agendas to “trump” democratic process. “This expansion is disguised as a way to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, but make no mistake, this is the Conservatives' and Doug Ford’s way of ensuring that mayors can ram through his politica...

TYSONS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maximus schedules its second quarter earnings call for FY25 for Thursday, May 8, and will issue a release with its financial results that morning....

VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gazelle Wind Power has achieved a significant project milestone with the approval of a 10-year TUPEM (Titulo de Utilizacao Privativa do Espaco Marítimo) authorization, clearing the way for the deployment of its 2 MW Nau Azul floating wind demonstrator project off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal. This project showcases the company’s next-generation floating offshore wind technology, which is aimed at unlocking deep-water wind resources to s...