ATLANTA — Federal energy officials on Wednesday announced a record $27 billion loan to electric utilities in Georgia and Alabama, saying the loan will save customers money as…
Read more Feds give record $27B in loans for utility expansion in Georgia and AlabamaJan 29 (Reuters) – More than a million fewer Americans have signed up for Obamacare plans for 2026, with enrollment dropping to about 23 million as monthly premiums…
Read more Obamacare Enrollment Drops to About 23 Million People for 2026This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by J.C. Bradbury, an economist at Kennesaw State University and one of the leading critics of taxpayer-funded sports stadiums. Bradbury…
Read more The real reason you pay for NFL stadiumsThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb…
Read more How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikesThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb…
Read more How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikesIt’s the first week of a new year for Congress, and each chamber is considering legislation with votes to watch on Thursday.Enhanced Health Care SubsidiesThe House of Representatives…
Read more House votes on health insurance subsidies as Senate debates military powersWASHINGTON (AP) — Overpowering Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to push forward a measure that would revive an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that…
Read more House Takes Step Toward Extending Affordable Care Act Subsidies, Overpowering GOP LeadershipPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on health care insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old amendment that bars…
Read more Trump Tells Republicans to Be ‘Flexible’ on Abortion Restrictions to Get a Health Care DealNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees…
Read more Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikesThe cost of health insurance is set to surge for millions of Americans under the Affordable Care Act at the start of the new year without the extension…
Read more Five things to know about the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidiesLA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian miners marched in downtown La Paz, the country’s capital, and union-organized protesters took to the streets elsewhere on Monday, the first day of…
Read more Workers organized by a key union rally in Bolivia against scrapping fuel subsidiesHONG KONG — China will impose up to 42.7% of provisional tariffs on dairy products including milk and cheese imported from the European Union, its Commerce Ministry said…
Read more China to impose up to 42.7% provisional tariffs on EU dairy productsHONG KONG (AP) — China will impose up to 42.7% of provisional tariffs on dairy products including milk and cheese imported from the European Union, its Commerce Ministry…
Read more China to Impose up to 42.7% Provisional Tariffs on EU Dairy ProductsDespite criticism that they were acting too fast, state utility regulators on Thursday approved DTE Energy’s proposal to supply power for Michigan’s first hyperscale data center — while…
Read more Regulators Approve DTE Contracts for Michigan’s First Hyperscale Data CenterLA PAZ, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, who took office last month, announced his government would remove long-standing fuel subsidies in a bid to shore…
Read more Bolivia President Removes Fuel SubsidiesEfforts to expand high-speed internet across rural northern Michigan will get a $920 million boost from a federal grant, which over the next four years is expected to…
Read more Rural Michigan Broadband Access to Jump With $920M in Fed FundingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year in…
Read more Trump Says He’s Barring South Africa From Participating in Next Year’s G20 Summit in MiamiBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition agreed to subsidize energy prices for heavy industry over the next three years as it tries to breathe new life into a…
Read more German government to subsidize industry’s energy prices in bid to revitalize economyWASHINGTON — Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they will negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help…
Read more Republicans promised health care negotiations after the shutdown, but Democrats are warySee how much health insurance costs would go up if expanded ACA subsidies are allowed to expire The expiration of expanded ACA subsidies could lead to higher health…
Read more See how much health insurance costs would go up if expanded ACA subsidies are allowed to expire