U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo, Colorado as part of his Western swing with EPA Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento and Regional Administrator Greg Sopkin. “The decision to accelerate funding for cleaning up the Colorado Smelter is one of the best…
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At a press conference in Newark, Sen. Menendez outlined how communities and residents will be impacted if the federal government fails to provide additional resources to combat the pandemic and economic fallout. He was joined outside Newark City Hall by Mayor Ras Baraka, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, State Senator Teresa Ruiz, Arnold Cohen from the…
Lew Minsky, president and CEO of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association, has issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's notice entitled “Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans”. The comment was written on July 20, 2020, and…
Karen Smith, president and shareholder at the Nove 401 Associates, Dallas, Texas, has issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's notice entitled “Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans”. We are responding on behalf of Nova 401 Associates and our…
A Senate measure to allow workers to make catch up contributions to retirement plans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic should be enhanced with additional provisions recommended earlier this year by the Insured Retirement Institute. The bill is sponsored by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, Thom Tillis, David Perdue, and Kelly Loeffler. IRI was joined in support of the…
Kevin Mayeux, CEO of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Falls Church, Virginia, has issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's notice entitled “Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans”. The National Association of Insurance…
James Szostek, vice president and deputy for retirement security, and Howard Bard, vice president for taxes and retirement security, at the American Council of Life Insurers, have issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's notice entitled “Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act and…
Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following floor remarks on the introduction of pandemic relief legislation:. Within the Finance Committee's jurisdiction, our proposals take on several issues facing Americans during this crisis. Regardless, the boosted unemployment benefit is significantly more than the…
Ralph S. Northam, R- Virginia, issued the following news release:. Earlier, the Governor and his cabinet joined state local public safety agencies for a virtual exercise to test Virginia's hurricane readiness and address the challenges of managing disaster response and recovery efforts during the ongoing health crisis. “Hurricane season brings added…
Douglas passed about 45 miles north of Maui and possibly even closer to Oahu as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. Despite earlier warnings that Douglas could pass directly over the islands, surfers hit the waves and selfie-takers flocked to the shoreline on Oahu. She said people on Oahu stock up on food, water and supplies but also like to use the opportunity…
A second Chicago hospital– Rush University Medical Center– has cracked U.S. News& World Report’ s list of the top 20 hospitals in the country, joining Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Northwestern earned the top spot in the state for the ninth consecutive year, and 10th in the nation for the second year. Other hospitals that ranked highly in Illinois but did not make…
Paul Davidson, director of product management at Paychex Inc., Rochester, New York, has issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's notice entitled “Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans”. As a leading provider of retirement plan recordkeeping…
Committee Chair DeFazio and Ranking Member Graves, Subcommittee Chair Titus and Ranking Member Katko, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today on ways to ensure that our nation's disaster housing recovery and response efforts address the unique and often overlooked needs of low-income people, people of…
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $199,625,267.63 in federal funding for New York City's Office of Management and Budget for Emergency Protective Measures. These federal funds are administered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency. Lastly, the funding also covers New…
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R- Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R- Miss., today announced the award of a $4,397,522.03 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to the state of Mississippi to support COVID-19 disaster response efforts. “This federal grant is great news for MEMA and the many first responders in Mississippi who have been on the front lines of…
2020 JUL 28– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC& FDA Daily– Doctors are now considered more heroic than soldiers and firefighters, according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans. The survey, conducted by leading direct-to-consumer life insurance provider Vantis Life, asked 2,000 U.S. residents to rank 22 professions based on how heroic they are.
WESLACO, T exas- As recovery and cleanup efforts got underway Monday in South Texas in the wake of a downgraded Hanna, worried residents confronted the prospect of undertaking the effort amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has left many fearful about their health. Its remnants still threatened to bring rainfall and flash flooding to waterlogged parts of…
FedEx's chief financial officer received a $575,000 bonus last week for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a stretch of belt-tightening for FedEx as it grapples with the coronavirus' financial sting. CFO Alan Graf Jr. received the discretionary cash bonus in recognition of his “outstanding leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to…
Public health experts agree: California needs to do far more coronavirus testing, especially among people without any symptoms, before offices, schools and more businesses can safely reopen. Gavin Newsom said Friday, pointing to pooled testing as a solution. Universities and health systems across the state, from UCLA and Kaiser to Stanford and Sutter, are…
