WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued student lender Climb Credit, and its largest shareholder 1/0 ("one zero"), for inducing students to take out loans by misrepresenting the quality of the training programs at their partner schools and making false claims about graduates' hiring rates and salaries. The lawsuit alleges Climb Credit and 1/0 claimed to have vetted its partners  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA (October 16, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $14.4 million to improve the health of local waterbodies in Delaware ($1.3M), the District of Columbia ($1M), Maryland ($2.3M), Pennsylvania ($4.8M), Virginia ($3.2M), and West Virginia ($1.9M). This annual allocation is part of the Clean Water Act's Section 319 grant program and is intended to curb nonpoint sour  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions t  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on behalf of State Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Philadelphia: PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16 - State Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila., and members of the Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus on Tuesday joined city officials, program leaders and maternal healthcare stakeholders to celebrate state funding for maternal health programs in the Philadelphia region and to provide an update on their efforts to impr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on behalf of State Rep. Regina, D-Philadelphia: Today, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law Act 100, introduced by state Rep. Regina Young, D-Phila./Delaware and former state Rep. Donna Bullock, D-Phila., creating a license exemption for natural hair braiding in the commonwealth. "Natural hair braiding has been commonplace in the African American community for centuries. The techniques have bee  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement on the Independent Review Panel report released today regarding the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt against former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania."We are grateful to the members of the bipartisan Independent Review Panel and their staff for their in-depth examination of the security failures that led t  more