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March 2024

Mountain West tribes secure millions for home electrification

TL/DR - The U.S. federal government is investing $72 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to help tribal communities electrify homes and invest in clean energy sources like wind and solar power. The funding will be distributed via the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Tribal Electrification Program to 21 tribes, with the largest grant of $10 million…

How Biden Secured Enough Delegates to Be the Presumed Democratic Nominee

TL/DR - President Joe Biden has unofficially secured the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential election, surpassing the required 1,968 delegates after winning the Georgia primary. Biden won 19 of the 20 contests where he appeared on the ballot and 99% of the delegates at stake. His main challengers were U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of…

New VA Policy Expands IVF Options for Veterans

TL/DR - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon offer in vitro fertilization to single eligible veterans or those in same-sex marriages. This decision follows criticism of the VA's lack of reproductive benefits for some veterans and lawsuits arguing certain VA policies were exclusionary to LGBTQ+ military members. Previously, the VA…