Lauren Zola

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration is introducing a new Green Lender Initiative to enroll additional climate lenders in SBA’s loan programs. The initiative will employ SBA loan guarantees to attract additional private capital in support of clean energy investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction... Read More

WASHINGTON — Small businesses in 39 states will share in $52 million in grants awarded this week to address a range of clean-energy related issues, the Department of Energy announced.  In all, 229 projects will be funded through the grants. Of these, 20 projects will share... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is providing $1.7 billion in grants to at-risk or already shuttered factories in eight states to begin producing electric vehicles and other clean energy technology. The grants, which will be administered by the U.S. Department of Energy, are being awarded to... Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. — A week after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public schools, the ACLU has made good on its vow to sue the state over the new policy. As previously reported by The Well News,... Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. — Just hours after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed a bill into law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, civil libertarians offered their unequivocal response — we’ll see you in court. With Landry’s signature, Louisiana... Read More

WASHINGTON — The nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, the Library of Congress, opened a new exhibition last week featuring rare artifacts from its voluminous trove of largely unseen national treasures. The exhibition comprises an extensive collection of images, diaries, voice recordings, manuscripts, photographs, art, books and... Read More