This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason reporter Eric Boehm to discuss Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest and the GOP coalescing around Vice President J.D.…
Read more Can J.D. Vance stop a MAGA civil war?Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will resume normal payment schedules in December after more than a month of chaos caused by the government shutdown. But when will…
Read more When are December 2025 SNAP payments coming?Arnold Toynbee’s “Cities on the Move” (1970) documents the history of big cities around the world becoming impoverished and insolvent—some never to recover. Many of the patterns he…
Read more Opinion | Escape From Zohran Mamdani’s New YorkThis week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and what a Zohran Mamdani victory could mean for both the city…
Read more Will a Mamdani victory push the Democrats further left?The situation for recipients of supplementary nutrition aid in the United States is not good right now. Due to the government shutdown, November payments to what we call…
Read more Is There an Easy Way to Help SNAP Recipients Online? Sort of, YesThe federal government shutdown is disrupting major federal programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Now one in five children nationwide risks losing benefits because Congress has…
Read more About 1 in 5 kids are at risk of losing SNAP. Centralized control keeps failing low-income families.Eleven Republicans and one Democrat have joined Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s proposal to provide funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the ongoing government shutdown…
Read more SNAP benefits update: bill to help fund SNAP in November gets boostGov. Jared Polis is still trying to find a way to comply with a federal immigration subpoena, four months after a Denver judge ruled that doing so would…
Read more A judge told Gov. Jared Polis not to comply with an ICE subpoena. Polis’ attorneys say he still wants to.WSJ ProOct. 10, 2025 5:52 pm ET TORONTO—Canada’s large public pensions might need to start investing more in Canadian businesses as the country tries to shield its economy…
Read more Canadian Pensions Might Need to Invest More Domestically, Official SaysIn September 2022, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed he was leaving office with “unemployment…down to lows not seen since I was about 10 years old and bouncing…
Read more 25% of working age Britons are on disability. Why is the U.K. government paying millions to stay home?BOSTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will be getting an “automatic” break on their utility bills under a deal between the Healey administration and the…
Read more Deal provides ‘automatic’ discounts on utility billsBOSTON — Investigators uncovered more than $2.3 million in welfare fraud in the most recent quarter, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. The office’s Bureau of Special…
Read more State uncovers $2.3M in welfare, food stamp fraudBOSTON — Rising labor costs and a stagnant workforce are threatening Massachusetts’ status as a leader in innovation and economic growth, according to a new report from an…
Read more Report: Rising costs threaten state’s economic growthEditor’s note: The share of the U.S. population older than 65 keeps rising – and will for decades to come. Since nearly half of Americans over 65 will…
Read more Few prepared to cover long-term care costsBOSTON — Nursing homes would be required to meet stringent staffing requirements under new Biden administration rules that the long-term care industry says are “unattainable” and could force…
Read more Biden’s nursing home rules face pushbackBOSTON — The number of senior citizens enrolled in the state’s Medicare savings programs has increased since eligibility was expanded to help more beneficiaries pay for health care…
Read more Enrollment rising for Medicare savings programsBOSTON — Downtowns, youth sports programs, churches, food pantries and nonprofits are among the myriad interests angling for a piece of the state’s nearly $58 billion budget. State…
Read more Lawmakers load up budget with earmarksBOSTON — State education officials are being sued over claims that they aren’t providing adequate special-needs services for older, incarcerated youth serving time in county jails. A lawsuit…
Read more State sued over special education for young convictsThe inability of the city of Gloucester and its schools to fully close a $6.1 million shortfall between the cost of a level-service budget and increased funding provided…
Read more Schools face loss of 41 positions due to $3.1M budget gapMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — To residents Gretchen Wood and Lisa Bonneville, the town’s library is a dream. But Wood and Bonneville want that dream to be accessible for all who…
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