Tag: Policies & Impacts

New York Becomes First State to Ban Gas Stoves

New York has become the first state in the country to ban gas stoves after the state legislature on May 3 approved a new state budget that includes a prohibition on fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings starting in 2026. The final vote followed weeks of what Gov. Kathy Hochul called “very intense” negotiations…


New York Becomes 1st State to Ban Gas Stoves

New York has become the first state in the country to ban natural gas stoves after the state Legislature approved a new state budget that includes a prohibition on fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings starting in 2026. The final vote followed weeks of what Gov. Kathy Hochul called “very intense” negotiations that led…


A Regime ‘Fit for Communist China’: Lawsuit Filed Against US Social Media Censorship Collusion

A lawsuit by America First Legal (AFL) alleges that certain entities colluded with the American government to enforce censorship of issues like the 2020 election and COVID-19 on social media platforms. According to a May 2 press release, the federal class action lawsuit was filed against individuals and entities identified as having “conspired with the government…


Title 42 Set to Expire as Thousands of Migrants Approach Southern Border

Title 42, is a Trump-era public health order that gives the government power to automatically expel illegal immigrants, and is set to expire on 11 May, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It will be possibly replaced by an order called Title 8, which offers more severe punishments for crossing into the United…


IRS Spent $10 Million on Weapons Since COVID-19 Pandemic Began: Watchdog

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been splashing out millions stocking up on guns, ammunition, and combat gear since 2020, according to the findings of Open The Books, a watchdog group that tracks government spending. A report by the watchdog, published on April 27, found that the agency has spent a total of $10 million on weaponry and…


Hospitals Broke the Law by Not Carrying Out Emergency Abortion, Feds Say

Two hospitals broke a law requiring emergency medical care for facilities that are paid by Medicare, federal officials say. The Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri, and the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTLA) when they failed to “offer necessary stabilizing care” to a…


Judge Blocks Utah Law Banning New Licenses for Abortion Clinics

A judge in Utah has temporarily blocked Utah from enforcing a new law that would ban new licenses for abortion clinics in the state. The law, HB 467, would have barred Utah from issuing licenses for any new abortion clinics and would have phased out existing licenses by 2024. Planned Parenthood had sued to block the…


ANALYSIS: One Nurse to 11 Patients: Pennsylvania Grapples with Controversial Fix to Workforce Crisis

News Analysis When nurses have too many patients to care for, medications are given hours late, and patients must wait for basic needs like bathing, toileting, eating, and drinking to be met. Those who can’t hold their own cups must wait for a few sips of water and are sometimes found with visibly dry lips….


LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …


LIVE NOW: Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …