( February 26, 2025, 8:38 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted the federal government an extension until March 13 to file a response to a petition for rehearing en banc by three states after an appellate panel ruled that a 2021 executive order (EO) by then-President Joseph R. Biden requiring various federal agencies to ensure that contractors and covered subcontractors pay specified workers a minimum of $15 per hour was “a valid exercise of the President’s authority under the FPASA [Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949].”...