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Government Executive, December 7, 2021, Coronavirus Roundup: More Republican Opposition to Vaccine Rules; HHS Touts High Employee Vaccination Rates Last week, a pop-up shop, featuring goods from local women-owned small businesses, funded through a CARES Act grant from the Small Business Administration, opened in Union Station in Washington, D.C. This is a collaboration between the D.C. …

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HillRag, December 6, 2021, Opinion: Ward 6 Councilmember Risks Prolonging Homelessness And Displacement Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen new tax measure will provide new revenue for permanent housing opportunities to potentially end homelessness in DC, but first, it requires eviction from homeless camps. DC’s Ward 6 has the “most intense displacement” in the “most intensely …

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5280, December 2, 2021, Adult Entertainment is Building a Community for Black And Brown Denverites Affectionately called Adult Ent, the company’s clothing line is a reflection of Denver’s street culture, says owner Torrance “Pastor Pines” Green. The challenges Pines faced to secure a permanent storefront in Five Points, Denver’s historically Black neighborhood that’s seen rapid …

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Advisor News, November 19, 2021, Sen. Brown: Saule Omarova Is Eminently Qualified To Lead OCC Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement: Saule Omarova is one of the most qualified nominees ever for this job. Some Republican Senators have pointed to her Soviet education as indication of her …

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ABA Banking Journal, November 19, 2021, NCUA Approves Field Of Membership Rule The National Credit Union Administration unanimously approved—with changes—a final rule expanding field of membership requirements for multiple common bond federal credit unions. The final rule did not include some of the most controversial elements of the proposal, which the American Bankers Association opposed.  Previously, the ABA …

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Better Markets, November 1, 2021, Better Markets Applauds OCC Proposal To Rescind Its Seriously Flawed 2020 CRA Rule Phillip Basil, Director of Banking Policy at Better Markets, issued the following statement: “Better Markets has submitted a comment letter in full support of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) proposal to rescind its seriously flawed …

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