WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community, issued the following news: * * * A Case for a North American Common Tariff By Pedro Noyola and Jaime Serra Puche A Case for a North American Common Tariff On February 1, 2025, the United States government unilaterally announced that it would apply tariffs of up to 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on imports fr more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Utah Celebrates REINS Passage # Mar 28, 2025 by AFP SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Today, Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-UT) celebrated Governor Spencer Cox's signature on H.B. 474, making Utah the sixth state in the nation to implement this kind of legislative check on the bureaucracy to prevent expensive regulations. The bill will make the Utah legislature vote on rules with a projected impact of $2 million or mo more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 29 -- Citizens Campaign for the Environment issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Ban on PFAS and Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products Bill Passes in Both Houses in New York State Only Governor Hochul's signature is needed to protect people who menstruate Albany, NY- Today, the JustGreen Partnership is celebrating a mid-point legislative session win with the unanimous passage of the Ban on PFAS and Toxic Chemicals Bill S.1548 (Fernandez) / A1502 (Rosenthal) in the Assembly, following unanimou more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Environmental and Watchdog Groups Challenge Constellation's Bid to Buy Calpine Utility consolidation threatens to raise electricity rates and environmental pollution Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, Earthjustice filed a protest on behalf of Public Citizen, PennFuture, and Clean Air Council, challenging the consolidation of two of the nation's largest utilities more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, the D.C. District Court found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department in March 2023. The court ruled in favor of Gulf-based and environmental groups, which had sued Interior for failing to adequately consider the advers more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 28 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, the D.C. District Court found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department in March 2023. The court ruled in favor of Gulf-based and environmental groups, which had sued Interior for failing to adequately consi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Financial Technology Association issued the following news release: * * * FTA Outlines Recommendations to Strengthen Investor Access and Facilitate Capital Formation WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Financial Technology Association (FTA) outlined recommendations to strengthen investor access and facilitate capital formation in response to the House Financial Services Committee's request for feedback. FTA highlighted the powerful role fintech plays in catalyzing innovation and expanding access to investment opportunities for more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Housing Agency's Disregard for Growing Climate Risk Will Only Deepen the Housing Affordability Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tuesday afternoon, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte sent out a flurry of orders via tweets containing photogr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Iowa Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent. The average annual TCJA tax cut for Iowa households is $1,423. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, TCJA PROVIDED: 19% tax cut for Iowans making between $25k - $50k. 18% tax cut for Iowans making more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Louisiana Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent. The average annual TCJA tax cut for Louisiana households is $1,335. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, TCJA PROVIDED: 18% tax cut for Louisiana households making between $25k - $50k. 16% t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Center for Law and Social Policy issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Latest Round of HHS Cuts Will Further Harm Children, Families & People with Low Incomes This statement can be attributed to Cemere James, interim executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) CLASP decries the cuts announced yesterday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These reductions will affect mental health, disabled people, rural communities, vaccines for children, and comm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Opposes Trump's Recent Attempts to Whitewash American History March 28, 2025 Contact: Dominic Hawkins, communications@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON -- The NAACP strongly opposes President Donald Trump's recent executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History." This directive seeks to eliminate what the administration inaccurately terms "divisive, race-centered ideology" from institutions like the Smithsonian, aiming to c more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 29 -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Ohio jobs up in February, amid rising unemployment and federal uncertainty Ohio employers added another 23,100 jobs in February, showing substantial growth in comparison to moderate monthly gains in 2024. Ohio's unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in February, up 0.1 percentage points from January, while the national unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 4.1%. Inflation remains stubbor more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Financial Services] -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, posted the following news release: * * * Politicized Banking Agencies Killing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Rule Is Another Knife in the Back of America's Struggling Communities WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dennis Kelleher, President, CEO, and Co-founder, issued the following statement in response to yet another Friday announcement by the Federal Re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council posted the following news release: * * * Reflecting on the Future of Chemistry and What's Driving Industry Progress Last week, I spoke on a panel at the 2025 World Petrochemical Conference, celebrating its 40 th Anniversary. This milestone provided a unique opportunity to reflect on the amazing progress the global chemical industry has made over the past four decades and to envision what the next 40 years may hold. The U.S. chemical industry is charging ahead. The more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * Trade Groups Welcome Federal Regulators' Decision to Rescind 2023 CRA Final Rule WASHINGTON -- The American Bankers Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Independent Community Bankers of America, Texas Bankers Association, Independent Bankers Association of Texas, Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and Longview Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement after federal banking agencies announced their intent more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Reverses Lawsuit Against Egregiously Racist Lender Decision marks a terrible step in Trump abandonment of civil rights laws Washington, DC - The Trump administration's decision to reverse an already settled lawsuit against a Chicago mortgage lender ov more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Court Invalidates Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale WASHINGTON-- The D.C. District Court on Thursday found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department in March 2023. The court ruled in favor of Gulf-based and environmental groups, which had sued Interior for failing to adequately consider the adverse impacts that Lease Sale 259 would cause t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council posted the following news release: * * * Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends (March 28, 2025) 0.3% Core Durable Orders (Y/Y) 2.0% Chemical Exports 1.8% New Home Sales # MACROECONOMY & END-USE MARKETS Running tab of macro indicators: 11 out of 20 Consumer spending rebounded in February, up 0.4% (compared to a 0.3% decline in January). Gains in spending on goods outpaced growth in services spending. Disposable personal income (DPI) also rose, up 0.9%. After more PR