(The Center Square) – Renewable energy advocates have long called for building battery complexes to store intermittent solar and wind energy, but a recent fire that spewed toxic heavy metals all around a California battery storage facility that went up in …

(The Center Square) – House Republicans in the Washington State Legislature offered up dozens of amendments Thursday during an executive session before the House Education Committee, but none were successful in slowing down a bill that critics say …

6 days ago · At the same time, the lingering effects of remote work continue to slow supply and demand, with downtown office users collectively vacating 1.6 million square feet more last year, prompting city officials to now stand behind a plan where taxpayers would be called upon to chip in roughly $250 million in tax-increment financing to …

5 days ago · (The Center Square) – With the national debt above $36 trillion, newly-confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to rein in government spending. The investor and hedge fund manager, who cleared the Senate on Monday with a vote of 68-29, also supports renewing President Donald Trump’s 2017 ...

(The Center Square) – A higher-for-longer interest rate environment has the U.S. economy stuck in place, with existing home sales in 2024 falling to their lowest level since 1995.

Jan 17, 2025 · Johnson’s plan follows in the footsteps of one recently instituted in New York City and comes just days after a new Inrix study found that the city is tied with New York for having the second-worst traffic of any in the world, with the average Chicagoan spending 102 hours in traffic in 2024.. While supporters of the plan are pushing it …

Feb 5, 2024 · (The Center Square) - An influential California state legislator is proposing that social media companies restrict large-scale anonymous online free speech by requiring social media accounts with more than 25,000 followers provide personal identifying information.

Dec 10, 2024 · (The Center Square) – Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboar…

Jan 22, 2025 · For decades, the government has had trouble determining how much office space it needs. A 2023 Government Accountability Office report noted that retaining excess and underused space is one of the key reasons that federal real property management has remained on the GAO's High-Risk List since 2003. On his first day, Trump issued a brief but blunt order telling the heads of all departments and ...

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