Congressman Don Young Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Affordable Housing Tax Credit

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Congressman Don Young Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Affordable Housing Tax Credit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced his co-sponsorship of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA), joining a growing bipartisan coalition in Congress that supports strengthening an incentive program that has created millions of homes for low-income households in Alaska and across the nation. The bill expands and strengthens the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit […]

US Probe Underway Over Euphemistic ‘Clean Coal’ That Actually Increased Pollution

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US Probe Underway Over Euphemistic ‘Clean Coal’ That Actually Increased Pollution

The outcome of the congressional investigation could influence whether lawmakers vote to renew a multibillion-dollar subsidy, which expires at the end of 2021. Following the emergence of evidence that power plants using a chemically treated coal—purportedly designed to reduce smog—generated more smokestack pollution not less, the Government Accountability Office has reportedly launched a congressional probe of the […]