Article Summary – Businesses in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were deciding whether to open following a citywide boil water advisory due to a major water main break. The advisory is expected to severely impact local food and beverage businesses already struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Some businesses like the Lantern
Article Summary – The Inflation Reduction Act has led to increased investments in the U.S. renewable energy sector, but these may be jeopardized by China’s attempts to control the solar supply chain. The Biden administration has been accused of inadvertently aiding China by suspending tariffs on Chinese products, which has
Article Summary – The Newtown Township police in Pennsylvania have lifted a shelter-in-place order after a domestic incident involving an armed individual. The incident began with reports of a physical assault and led to a two-and-a-half-hour standoff, after which the suspect was taken into custody. The female victim involved sustained
Article Summary – Australia’s leading economists are advising Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against emulating US President Joe Biden’s “think big” approach to clean energy. A survey revealed that two-thirds of participating economists advocated for supporting innovation across the economy rather than specifically supporting projects that drive the energy transition. They
Article Summary – Former president Donald Trump has put the events of January 6, 2021, at the center of his campaign, framing the violent demonstrators as patriotic and promising to pardon them. President Joe Biden’s team is surprised by how much January 6 is playing a role in the campaign
Article Summary – Three candidates are competing to replace retiring Montana Supreme Court Justice Dirk Sandefur: Flathead County District Court Judge Dan Wilson, 7th Judicial District Judge Katherine Bidegaray and former Republican lawmaker Jerry O’Neil. While the candidates are officially nonpartisan, the race is marked by the politics of constitutional
Article Summary – The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that New York’s broad protection of journalists to report on public affairs, known as the “fair report privilege,” supersedes Montana law in a lawsuit filed by Michael Goguen against the New York Post. Goguen, a Montana-based venture capitalist who was previously
Article Summary – Samsung Electronics is expected to receive a $6B federal grant from the US Commerce Department for expanding its chipmaking plants in America. The grant, part of the $28B set aside through the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 for manufacturers, would supplement Samsung’s previous US investments, including
TL/DR – U.S. lawmakers have passed a bill that would force Chinese company ByteDance to sell the popular app TikTok or face a ban in the United States. The move follows a failed attempt by former president Donald Trump in 2020 to force a sale of the app, which was
Article Summary – The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), aimed at lowering the financial burden on people and cutting federal spending on drugs, could significantly impact the market dynamics for biosimilar drugs. The Act introduces several provisions, including direct price negotiations with manufacturers and higher reimbursement for biosimilars in Medicare Part
Article Summary – The race to replace retiring Montana Supreme Court Justice Dirk Sandefur features two district court judges and a former Republican legislator who is not a member of the bar. The two judges vying for the seat are Flathead County District Court Judge Dan Wilson and 7th Judicial
Article Summary – Officials from 49 of Montana’s 56 counties are having to send supplemental property tax bills to numerous property owners following a Supreme Court ruling. The ruling was related to a dispute over the state’s “95 mill” school equalization property tax with Gov. Greg Gianforte. The amount of
