Tag: Regulations

The Trump administration's administrative effort to change the post-crisis rules is already underway. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fed looks to lighten regulations on bank boards of directors

Joseph Lawler · August 3, 2017 6:30 pm

"While President Trump continues to break campaign promises and roll back worker protections, I'm going to keep fighting so every worker is treated fairly and paid what they've earned. I'm proud to introduce this bill as another step towards building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats introduce anti-wage theft bill

Sean Higgins · August 1, 2017 10:53 pm

One particular infrastructure problem remains a puzzle -- well-publicized backups in some municipal sewer systems around the nation, and charges that the cause is a recently popular personal hygiene product: moist flushable wipes. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Our sewers are clogged, but flushable wipes are not the culprit

elizabeth-samson · August 1, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans do the bidding of Wall Street at their own peril. (iStock by Getty Images)

Republicans beware: Your voters like tough rules on Wall Street

Robert Carpenter · July 31, 2017 4:01 am

New York is more strictly enforcing a law that requires pet sitters to have a kennel license if they are boarding or taking care of a pet. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why dogs are barking out against New York’s new ban on unlicensed dog-sitting

Murray Rothbark · July 25, 2017 3:34 pm

If buyout recipients are not intended to be replaced, targeting the agency's youngest -- who cost less -- is a better idea than going after the gray-haired. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Federal agencies can scale down by buying out their youngest employees

Ross Marchand · July 25, 2017 4:01 am

The Bureau of Land Management "is now proposing to rescind the 2015 final rule because we believe it is unnecessarily duplicative of state and some tribal regulations and imposes burdensome reporting requirements and other unjustified costs on the oil and gas industry," according to a pre-publication copy of the Interior Department's Federal Register notice. Tanks sit near a housing development off state highway 119 near Firestone, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Energy and Environment

Trump Interior Department to eliminate Obama fracking rule

John Siciliano · July 24, 2017 10:00 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is targeting a rule that expanded the EPA's jurisdiction over waterways to include ditches and watering holes, making a wider range of stakeholders, from farmers to natural gas drillers, subject to the agency's authority. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Scott Pruitt touring states to push reversal of Obama water rule

John Siciliano · July 24, 2017 9:03 pm

The CFPB on Tuesday announced a final rule that would lower most credit card late fees to $8. (Flickr)

Democrats: CFPB has saved $12 billion for consumers, mostly through controversial power

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2017 4:52 pm

The problem, according to lobbyists, is that regulators, especially ones physically located within banks, have expanded power under the post-crisis laws to intervene in bank business, to weigh in on board decisions, and to shape strategies.

Trump, GOP want regulators out of boardrooms

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2017 4:01 am

Veterans listen as President Trump speaks before signing an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection" at the Department of Veterans Affairs on April 27. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

All the president’s deadlines

Sarah Bedford · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

Each year in the U.S., over 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. In 2017, an estimated 87,110 new cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

States begin to allow sunscreen in schools

Ariella Phillips · July 22, 2017 4:01 am