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May 01 2022
Analysis
Florida’s $1 Billion Disney Question
When Florida Republicans approved a bill to strip Walt Disney Co. DIS -3.17% of its special taxing privileges in April amid controversy over how gender and sexuality are taught in schools, they failed to address a key question: Who is responsible for paying back nearly $1 billion in municipal debt used to build roads, walkways and other infrastructure around Disney World?
Florida law
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 03 2020
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell in Latest Week
New measurement method could be a factor in weekly figures, along with slowly improving labor market.
New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, a possible sign of a slowly improving labor market and the impact of a new measurement method.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 130,000 to a seasonally adjusted 881,000 in the week ended Aug. 29, the
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 11 2022
Opinion
One Key Argument For Michael Sussmann’s Defense Has Already Crumbled
Former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann’s defenders have already been proven wrong on their claim that prosecutors will have a hard time proving Sussmann told the FBI that he was sharing Alfa Bank “intel” on his own, and not on behalf of a client.
Shortly after Special Counsel John Durham charged Sussmann with making a false statement to former FBI General Counsel
The FederalistJul 16 2020
News
Public health groups denounce new Trump move sidelining CDC
A new Trump administration policy that bypasses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for control of key coronavirus information is provoking outrage among public health experts.
Under the policy, quietly announced late last week, hospitals are now required to report directly to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the number of COVID-19 patients each
The HillMay 07 2021
Analysis
The normally measured Dr. Sanjay Gupta blasts Tucker Carlson over dangerous vaccine comments
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson says so many outrageous things that it’s probably better off to ignore much of it. If I wanted, I could probably write a Carlson item every day.
But this week, Carlson said something so irresponsible that even the normally measured Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN blasted him. This week, Carlson started his primetime show saying, “How many Americans have died after
PoynterMar 05 2022
News
New Law to Require Drunk Drivers to Pay Child Support if Parent is Killed
A new law has been passed in Tennessee that will hold drunk drivers financially responsible for the children left behind in the wake of a fatal accident.
The law was unanimously passed in the Tennessee House Monday, News Channel 9 reported.
Cecilia Williams came up with the idea for the bill after a drunk driver killed her 30-year-old son Cordell, 25-year-old daughter-in-law-to-
NewsweekFeb 02 2022
News
America’s National Debt Soars Past $30 Trillion Milestone
America’s ballooning national debt has exceeded the $30 trillion mark for the first time ever, according to Treasury Department data.
The Treasury Department said in a statement (pdf) that, as of Jan. 31, the total public debt outstanding was $30.012 trillion, which roughly works out to just over $90,000 per citizen or nearly $240,000 per taxpayer.
Debt-fueled spending exploded
The Epoch TimesJul 13 2022
Analysis
Stunning spread of BA.5 shows why this California COVID wave is so different
With California suffering through another intense coronavirus wave, the stunning proliferation of the BA.5 subvariant is becoming a growing focus of scientific scrutiny, with experts saying it may replicate itself far more effectively than earlier versions of Omicron.
Compared to its ancestors, the latest Omicron subvariant, BA.5, may have an enhanced ability to create a large number
Los Angeles TimesJan 28 2021
News
Novavax vaccine protects against coronavirus in variant hot spots but proved less effective against strain in South Africa
A coronavirus vaccine made by Maryland biotech company Novavax proved effective at stopping symptomatic infections in global hot spots where concerning variants are dominant, the company announced Thursday. But warning signs lurked amid those findings: The protective effect of the vaccine was substantially muted in South Africa, where a worrisome virus variant is in wide circulation.
Washington PostApr 08 2022
News
The Current COVID-19 Booster-Shot Strategy is Not Sustainable, Says FDA's Expert Panel
While the currently available COVID-19 vaccines remain effective in protecting people from serious disease, public health experts still face a handful of important questions about the shots and their ability to continue to protect against the virus in coming years. Will a new version of the vaccine be more effective? How long does protection last? Are boosters the only way to extend that
Time Magazine