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By Mark Schoeff Jr. Legislation that would mandate investment advisers to incorporate socially responsible investing in their retirement saving strategies is on track to be introduced in the House after the Thanksgiving holiday. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., is drafting two bills — the Sustainable Investment Policies Act and the Retirees Sustainable Investment Policies Act — that would require investment fiduciaries to adopt investment policies explaining the role that environmen

By Tyler Gellasch and Alexandra Thornton Introduction and summary Over the past several decades, the wages of working-class families have stagnated while corporate buybacks, executive compensation, and mergers and acquisitions have boomed.1 For many Black working families in particular, who have never been permitted to participate fully in economic opportunities,2 racial income and wealth gaps have only grown. Indeed, the voices of working families and other long-term investo

Peduto joins mayors from W.Va., Ohio, Ky. to call for public/private support in climate-friendly industrial growth Lauren Lee Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joined mayors from cities in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia virtually Thursday to call for federal support in a plan that would provide more climate-friendly industrial growth — including jobs — across the upper Appalachian region and the Ohio River Valley. The initiative, coined the “Marshall Plan for Middle America,” wa

Tom Davidson, Tribune Review More than a year ago, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto called for a massive investment in middle America the likes of which hasn’t been seen in recent memory. He testified before the U.S. Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis and called for what he called a “Marshall Plan for the Midwest.” He likened the investment needed in the region to the billions that were spent rebuilding Europe after World War II under the Marshall Plan. Tho

I was a member of the 2019 Heartland Fellowship. I had a great experience during the fellowship and I would certainly recommend it to any and all students. As far as recent news on my end, I have graduated college and have actually rejoined the company in which the Heartland Fellowship placed me with in 2019, Hamilton Lane. I began a second internship this past June which is currently set to last until January as I continue to seek a permanent opportunity (Possibly at Hamilto