Posts Tagged ‘Trump Administration’
Md. House Republicans To AG Frosh: Consider Suing Biden Administration
Protect Marylanders, is the essence of a message from the Maryland House of Delegates Republican Caucus to Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh. In a letter, the GOP Caucus urges Frosh, a Democrat who is not seeking reelection this year, to utilize power granted under the Maryland Defense Act of 2017 to curb practices and policies…
Read MoreGovernor Hogan questions Trump Administration’s coronavirus response, calls their messaging “confusing”
Gov Carney Tells Trump Administration DE Will Continue to Accept Resettlement of Refugees
Governor John Carney has sent a letter to the Trump Administration accepting resettlement of refugees in the First State. In his letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Governor said that the country has historically been a refuge of safe harbor for people fleeing war-torn countries and in that spirit Delaware is proud…
Read MoreCarper: Automakers can no longer stay ‘stuck in neutral’ citing pollution from cars, trucks & vans
Delaware’s Senior U.S. Senator Tom Carper is speaking out after the Trump Administration moved to revoke the State of California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to set and enforce its own fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards. “To those auto companies that remain silent today, I’ll say this: it’s no longer an option…
Read MoreDelaware joins multistate lawsuit suing Trump Administration over treatment of immigrant children
Delaware has joined over a dozen other states as part of another lawsuit against the Trump Administration. State Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that she is joining a lawsuit opposing the Trump Administration’s new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has governed the treatment of children in immigration custody since 1997. In the…
Read More30,000 Temporary Migrant Workers for Maryland’s Crab Industry Receive Approval
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Representative Andy Harris of the 1st District are reacting after the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Labor granted 30,000 temporary migrant work visas for Maryland’s crab industry. In the final rule issued today, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta said they decided that…
Read MoreGovernors Hogan, Carney and Others Urge Federal Lawmakers to Restore Chesapeake Bay Funding
In a letter addressed to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House Appropriations Committees, a number of leaders with interest in the Chesapeake Bay requested further funding, and millions were slashed by the Trump administration. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission Tawanna Gaines, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf,…
Read MoreMaryland Seafood Industry Will Recieve H2-B Workers This Season
New EPA Rules Announced Today – Some MD & DE Officials Not Happy
The Trump administration announced new plans today to roll back and replace Obama-era regulations on emissions from coal-fired power plants – a move praised by the coal industry as a job saver but panned by critics as a green-light to polluters. The EPA has been working to overhaul the program with the Affordable Clean Energy…
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