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The Financial Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its Lack of Diversity
Financial institutions fight a new rule that would have them assess employee diversity. It’s not unusual for the banking industry to challenge a new government rule. Ever since Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, the banks have sent forth their army of lobbyists anytime federal regulators try to enforce a new restriction, often resorting …
State’s first Latina Republican legislator won’t join minority caucus
Wisconsin’s first Latina Republican lawmaker said Thursday she won’t participate in the Legislature’s Black and Latino Caucus. “With due deference to Representative Mandela Barnes and his group, I don’t need to be a part of a minority caucus to understand communities of color or find ways to empower them,” Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Franklin, said. “I’ve …