Public Policy & Government News

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Early Childhood Educators (ECE) across Nova Scotia are calling out ongoing delays in receiving back pay they are owed. Employers have confirmed that required paperwork has been submitted, and that government is the source of the months-long delay. Workers say the issue is no longer administrative—it is about respect. “Workers have done everything required. Our employers have done everything they were asked to. And still, months later, we’re not being paid,” said Je...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader, today announced it was awarded a $14.6 million production contract by the U.S. Army for the VAPOR® Compact Long Endurance (CLE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS), its all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform, under the Company-Level Directed Requirement (CoLvl DR) Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS), Tranche 2. The award supports the Army’s Medium Range Reconnaissance...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectre is designed to provide persistent anti-submarine warfare, ISR, and strike capability....

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sable Offshore Corp. Provides Corporate Update...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Goldman Environmental Foundation announced six recipients of the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists: Iroro Tanshi, Borim Kim, Sarah Finch, Theonila Roka Matbob, Alannah Acaq Hurley, and Yuvelis Morales Blanco. Awarded annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six primary regions, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors the achievements and leadership of grassroots environme...

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announces its inclusion as a primary radar system within Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) Counter-UAS platform, to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force under a $490M IDIQ contract announced in August 2025. Rapidly Deployable Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (RD-SUADS), Fixed Site Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (FS-SUADS), and Expeditionary Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (EX-SUADS) plat...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Definium Therapeutics, Inc. (“Definium” or the “Company”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of therapies targeting the underlying causes of psychiatric and neurological disorders, today issued the following statement supporting the newly signed White House Executive Order aimed at accelerating research, development, and responsible access to innovative treatments for serious mental illness, including emerging psychedelic medi...

LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compass Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS), a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation, welcomes the White House Executive Order on accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness. “We commend the Administration’s Executive Order on psychedelic treatment which recognizes the profound urgency of the mental health crisis facing millions of Americans and the potential impact FDA-approved psychedelics could h...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, airline catering workers employed by Flying Food Group at Los Angeles International Airport publicly shared their experiences before a Truth Commission composed of community leaders at Holman United Methodist Church. Over several hours of often emotional testimony before the Commission, more than a dozen Flying Food Group workers and advocates described unsafe conditions, wage theft and poverty wages, sexual harassment, labor violations, and retaliation...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The postponement of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s (BCBSM) proposed reimbursement policy affecting evaluation and management (E/M) services billed with modifier 25 marks a critical step in safeguarding accurate physician reimbursement, reducing administrative burden and protecting patient access to timely, high-quality care. The decision, announced April 15, follows significant feedback from osteopathic physicians and organized medicine regarding the policy’s ope...