ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

Speaker Johnson Extends the FY24 Budget Until March 2025? When Congress returns next week, Speaker Johnson is expected to bring to the floor a continuing resolution (CR) next week, which would keep the government funded through March 2025. The bill will be funded at the Fiscal Responsibility Act levels minus the “side deals” worked out…

On Interest Rate Cuts and Job Growth Last Wednesday, August 21, 2024, the Labor Department announced that it had overstated job growth by more than 800,000 for the 12-month period ending in March. The preliminary figures suggest employers added about 174,000 jobs per month during that period, down from the previously reported pace of about…

National Preparedness Month September marks the beginning of National Preparedness Month, a nationwide campaign to increase awareness about disaster and emergency preparedness. While the transition from summer to fall naturally brings attention to hurricane season, we know that natural disasters can occur at any time. Through August 2024 (NOAA), the U.S. has experienced several billion-dollar…

Non-Compete Rule Blocked As a follow up to last week’s newsletter, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lacks legal authority to implement its “non-compete” rule.  As we have previously alerted you in the below updates, on…