It is April, which means tax season in America. Unfortunately, we can officially add a third to the list of life’s certainties: death, taxes and Congressional inaction.

From the time China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 and into 2019, 42-54% of Americans viewed China favorably, with even one in 10 viewing the country very favorably in 2017. 

In 2022, federal regulators finalized 3,168 rules totaling 80,597 pages … while proposing 2,044 more. In the first four business days of 2023, the federal government released 41 final rules totaling 1,131 pages and proposed another 23 new rules. Not a bad start, but the federal government has far more in store for America’s manufacturers and distributors in 2023.  

Many political prognosticators predicted several options for the outcomes of the 2022 midterm elections to determine control of the U.S. Congress.

Fuel sources used for industrial heating are front and center for the U.S. government as it examines the emissions factor per unit of coal and natural gas compared to the emissions factor of the electricity grid.

There are few things that the U.S. Congress does better than nothing. And after being off to a slow start in 2021, Harry Truman’s “do-nothing Congress” label affixed in 1948 was quite apt for this 117th Congress.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, at least when it comes to some of President Biden’s trade policies toward China.

What will the government do for you? That’s a common question to hear around election season. Twice a year, however, the regulated community hears the question: What will the government do to you?

NASA, FDA, NIH and the Departments of Energy and Defense: These are just a few of the government actors in the increasingly growing space of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing

We are past the halfway mark of the year, which in political speak means we have four months until the midterm election and only five months in the remainder of this Congress – possibly the last fully controlled by Democrats during President Biden’s first term in office.