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American Century Investments Nextgov / Apr 22, 2021

More than 20 lawmakers from both parties and chambers collectively called for the creation of a Technology and Innovation Directorate within the National Science Foundation-and proposed authorizing $100 billion over five years there to drive research into emerging technologies that could help ensure the U.S. keeps a competitive edge.

American Century Investments The Hill / Apr 22, 2021

Just one week after taking office, the Biden administration proposed an ambitious conservation agenda to stem the loss of biodiversity, enhance environmental equity and justice and curb the drivers of climate change. The agenda envisions engaging state, tribal, local and territorial officials, farmers and forest landowners, fishermen and others to conserve 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.

American Century Investments Center For American Progress / Apr 22, 2021

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) reintroduced the Child Care for Working Families Act. The bill's introduction comes in advance of the release of President Joe Biden's American Families Plan, which reports suggest will include investments in child care.

American Century Investments Kaiser Health News / Apr 22, 2021

Editorial pages weigh in on various public health issues. This is part of the KHN Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.

American Century Investments Detroit Free Press / Apr 18, 2021

As the nation debates a potential infrastructure plan, recent weeks have raised a new question: "what counts as infrastructure?" The answer depends on whether we're looking at the past or the future. People understand the infrastructure of the past because we can see it.

American Century Investments Financial Times / Apr 18, 2021

Does caring for humans count as infrastructure? It's a big debate in the US right now, in the wake of President Joe Biden's $2.3tn American Jobs plan, which aims to repair the country's crumbling roads and bridges and bolster its supply chains, but also to improve the health and childcare systems - if you can call the US's paltry patchwork of coverage a "system".

American Century Investments vtdigger.org / Apr 18, 2021

Fifty-one years after the first Earth Day, the four-state Connecticut River remains prisoner to an ecosystem-crippling license the Federal Power Commission issued in Massachusetts for the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project in 1968. Finished in 1972 and built to run off the massive overproduction of electricity from the then-new Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, the Northfield Mountain project began sucking up huge, hours-long inhalations of the Connecticut's flow.

American Century Investments The White House / Apr 12, 2021

Roosevelt Room 1:33 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, look, the reason I'm here today is - all of these technology manufacturing leaders around the country and all over the world on the screens - is to talk about how we strengthen our domestic semiconductor industry and secure America's supply chain.

American Century Investments Daily Energy Insider / Apr 12, 2021

Legislation was introduced last week in Congress to create an investment tax credit to promote the construction of regionally significant transmission projects across the nation. The Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act, introduced by Reps. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Susie Lee (D-NV), and Sen.

American Century Investments The Hill / Apr 12, 2021

It's often said that nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. In 2021, that idea is powerfully simple: We can reach net-zero emissions in the United States by the middle of the century, all while creating millions of jobs, ensuring justice for vulnerable Americans, protecting our public health and our national security, and strengthening communities against more frequent and costly extreme weather events.

American Century Investments Conservation International / Apr 12, 2021

Editor's note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares three stories from the past week that you should know about. Protecting nature is key to preventing future pandemics.

American Century Investments Santa Rosa Press Democrat / Apr 12, 2021

What is the quintessential American act? It is the leap of faith. The first European settlers left the comfort of their old countries and migrated to brutal conditions, convinced the future would be better on this continent. Immigrants all crossed oceans or wilderness to someplace they didn't know, hoping that their children would someday breathe the atmosphere of prosperity and freedom.

American Century Investments Nasdaq / Apr 11, 2021

With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Century Aluminum Company's (NASDAQ:CENX) future prospects. Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland.

American Century Investments Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / Apr 11, 2021

What is the quintessential American act? It is the leap of faith. The first European settlers left the comfort of their old countries and migrated to brutal conditions, convinced the future would be better on this continent. Immigrants all crossed oceans or wilderness to someplace they didn't know, hoping that their children would someday breathe the atmosphere of prosperity and freedom.

American Century Investments Nasdaq / Apr 11, 2021

By Jeff Weniger, CFA, Head of Equity Strategy If low inflation after the 2009 global financial crisis meant growth stock dominance all these years, does an inflation surprise lead to new leadership by value stocks? Price pressure in everyday goods and services has been trending lower since I breathed my first breath four decades ago.

American Century Investments High Plains Journal / Apr 10, 2021

President Joe Biden on March 31 released his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan and it has been met with mixed reviews largely on partisan lines. Congress is expected to debate the plan this summer. The plan includes about $115 billion for traditional highways, roads and bridges.

American Century Investments Palm Beach Post / Apr 10, 2021

What is the quintessential American act? It is the leap of faith. The first European settlers left the comfort of their old countries and migrated to brutal conditions, convinced the future would be better on this continent. Immigrants all crossed oceans or wilderness to someplace they didn't know, hoping that their children would someday breathe the atmosphere of prosperity and freedom.

American Century Investments Investor's Business Daily / Apr 9, 2021

Major funds among the best ETFs and mutual funds posted sharp gains in the first quarter in spite of higher yields and inflation rate concerns. Treasury bonds ended the first quarter as one of the worst in history on spiking rates and growing fears of inflation.