New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Brazil in Crisis, CRS Insight, April 6, 2016
Peru: Politics, Economy, and Elections in Brief, April 6, 2016
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances, updated April 6, 2016
United States Supreme Court: Criminal Law Cases in the October 2015 Term, April 6, 2016
Municipal Broadband: Background and Policy Debate, updated April 6, 2016
Federal Minimum Wage, Tax-Transfer Earnings Supplements, and Poverty, 2016 Update: In Brief, April 8, 2016
U.S. Sugar Program Fundamentals, updated April 6, 2016
U.S. Crude Oil Exports to International Destinations, CRS Insight, April 6, 2016
Denice Ross, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist and Data Policy Institute lead at the Federation of American Scientists, will be honored for her stewardship of public data by the National Academy of Public Administration, where she has been named a Fellow.
Confirmation that the construction of the security perimeter and associated security infrastructure at RAF Lakenheath are still ongoing once again raises questions about whether U.S. nuclear weapons have already been deployed to the base.
Alaskans are sensibly pulling back from the vogue for bans and returning to a western tradition that has worked for more than half a century – one that welcomes innovation but also oversees it closely.
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