Government Relations Updates
City Council returned to session with a packed City Hall and an agenda focused on illegal trash dumping in Chester and the Mayor’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) initiative. At the state level, this week saw a number of committee hearings and Governor Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger, and Pennsylvania Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy Walker announced a $3.5 million investment for the skilled trades industry.
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POLITICO obtained an 18-page document outlining a 10-year-plan to guarentee recovery in Ukraine once Russia ends its invasion, hoping to attract $800 billion of public and private funds.
The TikTok saga may be at an end. The US and China have signed off on a deal that allows for a US-based subsidiary of the popular app in a joint venture operated by Oracle and Silver Lake.
On Thursday, five health insurance CEOs testified before the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, fielding questions about healthcare affordability—and their own salaries.
The City of Philadelphia sued Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and acting National Park Service Director Jessica Bowron on Thursday over the removal of an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
That’s all for now.
See you next week.
The Bellevue Team