The former Michigan governor brings experience in promoting clean-energy manufacturing. She worked with the Obama administration on an automaker bailout that pushed investment in green technology.
Read more ...City Of Paris Is Fined 90,000 Euros For Naming Too Many Women To Senior Positions National News
Under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, 11 female and five male officials were appointed in 2018 to high-level roles — despite a rule that at least 40% of such positions should go to people of each gender.
Read more ...As Biden Prepares To Take Office, FDR's Presidential Transition Offers Lessons National News
President-elect Biden is looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's transition to the presidency for inspiration as he and his team prepare to tackle a nation in the middle of numerous crises.
Read more ...Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Named Co-Chair Of Bipartisan Group No Labels National News
Hogan, a Republican, will co-chair with former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Together they will push centrist political ideas as a new Congress is set to convene early next year.
Read more ...Biden, Pence Make Preparations To Get COVID-19 Vaccine National News
President-elect Joe Biden said he plans to take a vaccine publicly in an effort to promote trust. Vice President Pence and his team are discussing options for how and when he will take it, too.
Read more ...U.N. Report: In The Age Of Humans, 'The Dominant Risk To Our Survival Is Ourselves' National News
On the United Nations' new Planetary Pressures-Adjusted Human Development Index, the United States drops 45 places from its overall ranking, a reflection of the country's outsize environmental impact.
Read more ...What We Know About Russia's Alleged Hack Of The U.S. Government And Tech Companies National News
Microsoft says it has identified 40 government agencies, companies and think tanks that have been infiltrated. Most are in the U.S., but the breaches stretch around the globe.
Read more ...Biden To Nominate Former Rival Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary National News
Onetime presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will be the first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.
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