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The number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released this week.
The unprecedented move aims to quell concerns about data centers driving up energy costs.
With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and the environment.
Cynthia Freeman, a New York-based performer who has been trying to figure out how to keep her and her husband’s ACA plan in the midst of spiking premiums. Freeman’s husband, Brad Lawrence, was diagnosed with kidney disease last fall and cannot face a lapse in health insurance. But the family cannot afford the new price of their plan. [KFF Health News]
Progress is slow and uneven a year after the Eaton Fire. The wealthy and the well-insured are faring the best.
A national repository of personal information the federal government is seeking poses serious dangers. Americans should be free to speak out without fear that their data will be used to target them for retaliation.
This isn’t the first time the president has threatened to invoke the act giving him broad power to deploy the military on U.S. soil.
The White House offered few details Wednesday on what Congress can expect from planned legislative recommendations for a national standard that would seek to preempt state laws.
An investigation has revealed that many of these deaths — whether the result of withdrawal, chronic medical conditions or mental health complications — could have been prevented.
Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College, about Gov. Gavin Newsom. Pitney spoke to the Mercury News regarding the governor’s meeting with interest groups and industry across the state as he weighs a potential presidential run in 2028. (The Mercury)
Thirty-six states will hold gubernatorial elections this year, with at least 21 incumbents term-limited or not running for another term.
New York’s 51-member city council unanimously selected Julie Menin as its next speaker. She could help determine the prospects for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious agenda.
It could signal major changes in compliance, grants and oversight for state and local governments. That’s happened in the past.
A century of increasingly restrictive zoning has priced out lower-cost housing, and new limits on how homes are used risk deepening the affordability crisis.
Unlike federal DOGE, the Montgomery County office doesn’t envision layoffs becoming part of its mission.
The top reasons for movers related to family and work opportunities, according to the study. Nearly half of the inbound movers reported an annual income of $150,000 or more.
After years of waiting, states and territories will soon begin breaking ground on projects intended to expand access to high-speed internet nationwide.
Dr Dušan Materić, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany, in an interview with The Guardian. The scientist was speaking about new doubts cast on landmark studies showing concerning levels of microplastic in human brains. (Guardian)
Santa Fe has adopted a new law that ties the local minimum wage to inflation and housing costs. Backers say the measure will boost workers’ incomes while providing predictability to businesses.
The federal Rural Health Transformation Program will grant $50 billion to states to expand access to health care. Here’s where state applications stand.
Jesse Ventura, the former professional wrestler who served as the Reform Party governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, saying he was furious over the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis and suggesting he might run for governor again “because somebody needs to clean up what the Democrats and Republicans constantly wreck. And you notice I lump them together.” (Fox 9/YouTube)
New federal guidance calls for reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children from 17 down to 11. At least 17 states have announced they’ll disregard it.
The state doesn’t currently allow for the voting method, but some legislators want to ban it from being an option in the future.
Taxes on alcohol, tobacco, gambling and cannabis produce a lot of revenue, but they raise questions of fairness.
In short, more clarity with less spectacle. Last year’s federal tax cuts won’t have much of an impact on state and local revenues, but tariff refund politics could be a fiscal wild card. And AI’s effects will be felt on several fronts.
It’s tempting for governments to shortchange spending on things like training, infrastructure maintenance and disaster preparation. But not spending the money can cost a lot more in the long run.
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