House Republicans have introduced a bill that would block federal agencies from tracking religious exemption requests for mandated vaccines after an obscure federal agency announced a pilot program for such a database in early January. In September 2021, President Joe Biden imposed the most sweeping vaccine mandates in U.S. history. Originally, Biden’s mandates would have required…
GOP Reps. Introduce Bill to Ban Vaccine Religious Exemptions Database
What Will It Take to Break the Housing Market?
Commentary Existing Home Sales declined 4.6 percent for the month but sales are at the highest annual total since 2006. Highest Annual Sales Since 2006 The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports Annual Existing-Home Sales Hit Highest Mark Since 2006. Key Highlights In 2021, existing-home sales totaled 6.12 million—an increase of 8.5 percent from the prior…
How to Protect Your Home and Portfolio From Inflation and Higher Interest Rates
Commentary Recently, we wrote about why inflation is a threat to your portfolio and how it’s being understated. The issue is causing anxiety across income levels, so we’re going to cover how you can protect your home and your portfolio from both inflation and the coming higher interest rates. We believe that food prices are…
New Energy Regulations Will Make Every Room in Your House More Expensive
Commentary The Biden administration moves to make appliances more expensive and less effective. How to Make Every Room in Your House More Expensive Ben Lieberman, a former staff member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has an interesting Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal on Biden’s regulatory overreach. Please consider a Regulatory Burden for Every Room…
White House Meets Small and Mid-Sized Firms to Discuss Competition in Tech Sector
White House officials met on Wednesday with small and mid-sized companies to discuss competition issues in the tech sector, as momentum grows in the U.S. Congress to rein in large technology companies. The meeting was attended by Bruce Reed, president Joe Biden’s top tech advisor and deputy chief of staff; Brian Deese, director of the…
White House Will Meet Executives From Apple, Amazon, IBM to Discuss Software Security
The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabet-owned Google, Apple Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., on Thursday to discuss software security after the United States suffered several major cyberattacks last year. In December, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to chief executives of tech firms after the discovery…
Illinois Landlord Gives House to Longtime Elderly Lady Tenant for the Second Year in a Row
It wasn’t last Christmas but the one the year before when Illinois resident Chad Baker, 45, gave a house to the woman who was renting from him. Just a few months ago, Baker was at it again. The home remodeler, from Decatur, has now given his second of two rental properties to his 84-year-old former…
UK House Prices Rise at Fastest Rate Since 2007: Halifax
LONDON—British house prices in December were 9.8 percent higher than a year earlier, the sharpest annual increase since the eve of the global financial crisis in July 2007, monthly figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Friday. House prices rose by 1.1 percent in December alone, the same increase as in November, and recorded their…
Mother, 2 Children Killed in Alabama House Fire
A mother and two school-age children were killed early Monday when fire gutted a home in north Alabama, officials said. Winston County Coroner Tracey Holley said Cara Evans, 44, and her two children, 8-year-old Annabelle and 4-year-old Jacob, died in the blaze, WIAT-TV reported. The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately known, but photos from…
Proposed Pennsylvania Legislation to Watch in 2022
While numerous bills are proposed throughout the year, some bills move quickly to the floor for a vote while others never get out of committee. As the calendar turns to 2022, here are some new laws Pennsylvania legislators will be trying to pass in the coming year—a small sample of the many new laws recently…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta