Executive Order Breakdown: President Trump's Vision for College Sports and NIL Reform — Highway to NIL Podcast
New DOJ Memo Warns Employers: Rethink DEI Programs Now - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation - Intellectual Property
Executive Actions Impact Federally Funded Research: What Institutions Should Do Now – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
7 Key Takeaways | The Changing Landscape of Federal Funding in the Trump Administration
Government Contracts and New Mandates Executive Orders and Cost Recovery Strategies Explained
Podcast - Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Did the Supreme Court Hand the CFPB a Pyrrhic Victory?
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
DE Under 3: Biden Signed Two-Tiered Continuing Resolution Appropriations Bill Funding Federal Government Through Early Next Year
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in CFSA v CFPB: Who Will Win and What Does It Mean? Part II
Moving the Ball for Metro Atlanta Mobility: Atlanta Regional Commission - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
The Business and Legal Case for EMCs and Broadband - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
2022 NDAA: Important Considerations for Government Contractors
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten, NYC Fair Chance Act, Biden's Budget - Employment Law This Week®
National Security Podcast: How the United States Innovation and Competition Act Could Aid Your Business
Inside DC: What To Expect From the DC Budget Process
Parker Admin Strikes Deal with DC47- Mayor Cherelle Parker reached a tentative contract agreement on Tuesday with AFSCME District Council 47, Philadelphia’s white collar City workers union. The successful negotiations...more
PA’s Lottery Allowed to Allocate More Money to Player Payouts- Lawmakers passed legislation last week aimed at raising millions of more dollars for senior citizens by allowing the Pennsylvania Lottery to funnel more funds...more
Mayor Parker, Council President Johnson Reviving 90s-Era Collaboration -Over the first year in their respective positions, Mayor Cherelle Parker and City Council President Kenyatta Johnson have intentionally worked to build a...more
On May 5, 2025, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Francis K. O’Connor, NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri, and Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Acting Chief Administrator Latrecia Littles-Floyd...more
In a sweeping rollback of Biden-era labor policy, the Trump administration recently rescinded a key executive order that tied federal funding for clean energy and infrastructure projects to pro-union commitments – signaling a...more
Welcome to our third issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - The...more
Extra Funding for Hundreds of PA School Districts in Question- Top Republican lawmakers are skeptical about Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposal to allocate an additional $494 million to underfunded Pennsylvania school...more
The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
AROUND THE STATE Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump - “Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the state’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Russell Vought, the new director of the Office...more
“Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue shortfall for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. Federal pandemic aid has all been allocated and the...more
Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more
On February 9, the CFPB ordered approximately 1,700 employees to stay home after Acting Director Russ Vought instructed the agency to halt operations. The directive, communicated through an email from the COO, required staff...more
Gov. Shapiro’s Prison Closure Plan Sparks Debate Over Savings, Community Impact - Governor Josh Shapiro's proposal to close two Pennsylvania prisons and two community corrections centers aims to save $110 million annually,...more
Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has temporarily put a halt to virtually all of the agency’s work. ...more
Heading into budget season, Gov. JB Pritzker faces major challenge to show ‘Illinois can govern itself’ - “With Gov. JB Pritzker still weighing whether to seek a third term, the firmer foundation he’s laid for Illinois’...more
A second Donald Trump Administration is poised to usher in notable changes in U.S. passenger and freight rail policy. During President Trump's first term, passenger rail was not a primary focus. The President-Elect's past...more
CHICAGO — Jobs Slightly Down Since Last Year, State Data Shows - The Chicago metro area experienced a 0.2% drop in non-farm jobs between November 2023 and November 2024. While private education, health services, and...more
Mayor Cherelle Parker is reportedly taking a cautious approach to preparations for President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, focusing on maintaining safety, cleanliness, and prosperity while addressing uncertainties about...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said he is moving forward with an education platform driven by artificial intelligence (AI) designed to help students and families navigate the...more
California employers in the agriculture industry are facing challenges this spring after two major developments last month. First, new rules took effect requiring employers to provide a special written notice to H-2A...more
Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more
Early this morning the White House announced that $36 billion was being allocated from the American Rescue Plan (i.e., the 2021 Coronavirus relief package) to shore up the Teamster’s Central States Pension Plan....more
Although the National Labor Relations Board has been one of the most active and aggressive federal labor/employment agencies since Biden took control of the Executive Branch almost two years ago, there is trouble brewing. The...more
Executive Summary: In September 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised organized labor that, if elected, he would be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had.” ...more