ASAToday for June 19th, 2025

A Royal Revival: Jung Hotel’s $140 Million Makeover New Orleans is home to no shortage of grand, historic hotels, but few have undergone a revival quite as dramatic as the Jung Hotel…

The Economy Continues to Grow The economy’s fourth-quarter growth trounced forecasts as cooling inflation fueled consumer spending, capping a surprisingly strong year that defied expectations for recession. GDP rose at a 3.3%…

ASA Strongly Supports S. 2928, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act ASA joined the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) and the Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA)…

This Week in Congress For the third time in less than a year, Congress resorted to a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open. Both chambers passed a continuing resolution that…

Supplemental Funding for Israel, Ukraine, and the Border Senate negotiators are drafting the text of a bipartisan border security deal. Majority Leader Schumer said, “it’s certainly not a done deal yet.” Top…

Another Way to Fund Ukraine This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered legislation to provide additional funding for Ukraine by cashing out frozen Russian assets. The legislation would explicitly authorize the…