First in the Nation Heat Mitigation Office In Phoenix, where rising temperatures and extreme heat due to climate change are threatening the City’s economic vitality and health of its residents, NewDEAL Leader Mayor Kate Gallego this week announced the establishment of a Heat Response & Mitigation Office. The new department, the first […]Kate Gallego | Mayor | Phoenix, AZ

New Energy Efficiency Fund in New Jersey Recently, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed NewDEAL Leader Senator Troy Singleton’s legislation establishing a new energy efficiency fund into law. The bill will use $180 million in American Rescue Plan funding to provide grants to schools and small businesses for the repair and upgrading […]Troy Singleton | Senator | Moorestown, NJ

Job Training for Struggling Workers As her city of Lincoln, NE recovers from the effects of the pandemic, NewDEAL Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird announced new competitive grant funding for job training programs to help low-wage workers who are struggling to get back to work. Funded with American Rescue Plan dollars […]Leirion Gaylor Baird | Mayor | Lincoln, NE

Expanding Broadband Access in Maryland Recently, NewDEAL Leader Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson joined other Democratic leaders and the state’s Governor to announce a new Connect Maryland initiative to boost broadband access, using $300 million in American Rescue Plan funds, supplemented with $100 million in state funding. Spending priorities will […]Bill Ferguson | Senate President | Baltimore, MD

Tackling the Overdose Crisis in Colorado Colorado’s overdose death toll in 2020 was the worst in more than two decades, an increase of nearly 38% from the year before. NewDEAL Leader Colorado Senator Brittany Pettersen, whose mother once struggled with opioid addiction, said that the epidemic “makes me angry, frustrated, […]Brittany Pettersen | Senator | Lakewood, CO

Acting to Prevent & Mitigate Wildfires An op-ed from NewDEAL Leader Colorado Representative Dylan Roberts highlights the importance of the state legislature’s successful bipartisan passage of six bills to prevent and mitigate wildfires, including one with NewDEALer Senator Chris Hansen as a prime sponsor. As underscored by the latest IPCC report on […]Dylan Roberts | Representative | Eagle, CO

New Mental Health Commission in Florida This week, NewDEAL Leader Florida Representative Christine Hunschofsky was appointed to serve on a new Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. The Commission will explore Florida’s mental health and substance abuse care programs and make recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of […]Christine Hunschofsky | Representative | Parkland, FL

NewDEALers On The Hill This week, two NewDEALers traveled to Washington to testify before Congressional committees. Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read met with the Senate Finance Committee to discuss his state’s successful OregonSaves program, the first state-sponsored private sector retirement program in the nation. One of the country’s leading advocates for transforming American workers’ ability […]Tobias Read | State Treasurer | Statewide, OR

Achieving Meaningful Police Reform NewDEAL Leader Columbus, OH City Attorney Zach Klein wrote an op-ed this week, “Calling for police reform does not make you anti-police”. Klein argues that meaningful police reform must both assure accountability and give officers the tools they need to protect and serve the people of his […]Zach Klein | City Attorney | Columbus, OH