Retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has reportedly accepted the role of the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Understanding why a U.S. District Court judge placed an injunction on a recent DOL rule doubling the weekly threshold for salaried workers exempt from overtime pay under the Federal Labor Standards Act to $47,476 annually.
The fate of months of legislative work on a potentially sprawling energy package will be determined in the coming weeks, and key negotiators are signaling arguably different impressions of the likelihood a deal this session.
State legislatures continue to consider legislation to restrict chemicals even as, at the federal level, the Toxic Substances Control Act has been thoroughly overhauled.
In a letter sent to President Obama on Friday, 23 Senators called for any new softwood lumber agreement with Canada to protect U.S. timber jobs and communities.
The Steering Committee of the National Framers Council (NFC) were in Washington, DC, last week promoting the organization’s mission to develop and implement best practices.
An ordinance that would ban the use of vinyl siding for new and remodeled housing in neighborhood residential zones 1, 2 and 3 was tabled following a long discussion at the Covington City Council.
A coalition of 21 states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday in federal court in Texas demanding the court stop the department from promulgating its new overtime rule.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck the gavel Thursday morning to start a House-Senate conference committee she hopes will result in the first major federal energy legislation in nearly a decade.
Sens. Jack Reed and James Inhofe sent a letter to the USTR urging him to take into account the interests of domestic lumber consumers as talks progress with Canada on a new softwood lumber agreement.
