Lawmakers added a provision to key defense legislation that, if included in the final version, would prevent the Pentagon from reducing the military‘s presence in Europe below a specific threshold. The inclusion of this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the language of which was released on Sunday, stands in contrast […]

(The Center Square) – Gaining five times more in the last week, Republicans have moved to the cusp of eclipsing Democrats in voter registrations in North Carolina for the first time. Consolation prize as it may be, the change is historic and coincides with another unprecedented benchmark in 15 years of Republican majorities in the […]

(The Center Square) Four years ago, New York state spent more money per resident on Medicaid, the joint-federal-state program for the poor and disabled, than any other.  Today, the state spends an additional $700 per resident on Medicaid, a rate of growth that far exceeds that of any other program in its budget, an investigation by The Center Square found.  The Empire State spends $4,924 per capita on Medicaid, […]

(The Center Square) – Newlab New Orleans and Japanese power generation company JERA have announced a new partnership aimed at developing next-generation carbon capture technologies for energy-intensive industries in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. JERA Ventures is joining a public-private partnership housed at Newlab’s New Orleans innovation hub, which will provide startups with laboratory space […]