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New data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that fewer Montanans — and Americans overall — have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.  According to Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown, 77,221 Montanans signed up for Marketplace coverage for the 2025 plan year. But the latest […]

在针对中国电商希音平台的上诉庭审中，法国政府降低了诉求，只要求封锁希音平台上的“第三方交易平台（marketplace）”。

近年来，中国房地产市场持续下行。在济南等许多城市，房价在五年内大幅下跌，部分地区跌幅达三分之一。房地产危机已成为中国经济的重要问题：地方财政承压，投资和建设活动明显放缓，财富缩水，消费意愿下降，进一步加重了对未来的悲观情绪，心理冲击不容忽视。 这一局面在一定程度上源于政策选择。为防范金融风险，政府自2020年起对房地产企业实施“红线”政策，限制负债规模。 尽管中央和地方政府已采取放松购房限制，但不少经济学家认为，若要真正扭转局面，仍需要更大规模的政策支持。

After more than 30 years on the Idaho Human Rights Commission, Estella Zamora was terminated this week after Gov. Brad Little withdrew her re-appointment without warning.   Her termination and Little’s withdrawal came amid a social media and conservative blogger uproar over Facebook posts Zamora made that were critical of actions by federal Immigration and Customs […]

LINCOLN — State Auditor Mike Foley, amplifying his probe of a 2024 emergency no-bid state bioeconomy contract Gov. Jim Pillen steered to a lobbyist he knew, sought legislative help Thursday so his office can provide more scrutiny of such deals. Foley referenced his audit letters and Examiner reporting about the Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s […]

The Rhode Island Senate on Thursday approved all four of Gov. Dan McKee’s picks to fill judicial vacancies, including a former legislative majority leader whose nomination drew criticism over his voting record on abortion and same-sex marriage. Senators voted 27- 8 to confirm Michael McCaffrey’s nomination to fill the state District Court seat left vacant […]

Hunting regulators in Louisiana are considering a change to state regulations to allow the use of drones to help hunters locate prey after it’s been shot, but would have to step lightly so as not to fly in the face of a federal law that bans hunting by air.   The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission […]

Nepal’s youth-led protests open the door to political and economic reform.

El Ejecutivo planta cara a la modificación de la Ley trans en la Comunidad Valenciana y advierte de un retroceso de derechos con sello ideológico.

The Trump administration is offering 5.5 million acres in Arctic Alaska for exploration in an oil and gas lease sale to be held next month. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced the lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the 23-million-acre land unit on the western North Slope. Bids are […]

به گزارش برخی رسانه های کانادا، مسعود مسجودی شهروند ۴۵ ساله ایرانی ساکن ونکوور، مدتی ست ناپدید شده و تلاش ها برای یافتن او آغاز شده است.

More than 500 people gathered on the south side of the Roundhouse Thursday to celebrate the signing of House Bill 9, which bans local governments from signing detention contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local law enforcement from serving federal immigration warrants.

School officials concerned about state sanctions persuaded Midway High School organizers to cancel plans for a walkout this Friday. La Vega High School students are planning an off-campus protest Saturday. The post Waco-area teen protesters face crackdown on anti-ICE walkouts at school appeared first on The Waco Bridge.

The Southern University System could hire a new president in May under a timeline a presidential search committee approved Thursday.  Former President Dennis Shields was fired by the board last fall after three years at the university. He was replaced on an interim basis by Southern University AgCenter Chancellor Orlando McMeans.  The committee, chaired by […]

This story was first published Feb. 4, 2026 by The New Bedford Light. The governments of Massachusetts and Nova Scotia signed an agreement Wednesday formalizing a partnership to develop offshore wind in their respective regions and share knowledge, workforce, ports and, potentially, the wind-generated energy itself. The memorandum of understanding, signed by Gov. Maura Healey and Nova […]

(The Center Square) – The latest Association of Washington Business quarterly survey shows bad news on the economic front, with 44% of business leaders saying they are considering moving their personal residence out of state and businesses indicating they are now more than twice as likely – 30% to 14% – to expand outside the state than within it. The results of AWB’s winter survey are based on 429 responses collected by email from business owners and operators across the state between Jan. 12 and Feb. 2. “Washington employers signaled a continuing collapse in confidence in the state economy in this quarterly survey, with significant year-over-year deterioration across multiple metrics driven largely by the state’s growing tax burden,” according to the survey’s executive summary. In 2025, the Washington State Legislature passed a $9.4 billion revenue package – the largest in state history – meant to address a projected budget deficit and fund state services, which Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law. The measures include a broad business and occupation tax hike, a new 0.5% surcharge on large businesses, higher capital gains and estate taxes, and expanded sales tax on services. Other major results from the survey include: 17% of businesses say they are planning to leave Washington, compared to last year’s 9%.64% of respondents rate the overall tax burden as their most important business challenge.75% say they are experiencing higher taxes approved during last year’s legislative session.34% indicate they expect Washington to enter a recession within the next year.9% rate the Washington economy as strong, and 33% rate it weak or very weak.One-third of businesses say they are in a downturn or struggling. Nearly half – 47% – report their performance as flat, and only one-fifth say they are growing. Besides high taxes, the biggest challenges facing business owners in Washington are health care costs (62%), government regulations (54%), inflation (40%) and tariffs (30%), although 54% of respondents reported negative impacts from tariffs. “Washington employers are growing more pessimistic about the direction of the state economy, largely because of the rising tax burden,” AWB President Kris Johnson said in a news release. “With lawmakers back in Olympia and debating even more new taxes, they need to understand that Washington employers, especially small- and medium-sized businesses, are under severe strain right now. They are not feeling good about the direction of the state economy or their own business prospects.” On Wednesday, majority party Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a pair of bills to tax the state’s highest earners. Senate Bill 6346 and House Bill 2724 would create a 9.9% income tax for Washingtonians making more than $1 million annually.

Like his counterparts in Tennessee and Mississippi, Gov. Jeff Landry is seeking more federal funding for recovery from the winter storm that shut down north Louisiana at the end of January.

Andrew Restrepo punched the victim, Sean Glenn, so hard that he fell and hit his head on the pavement and died after three months in a coma.

The partnership between Majestic Realty and the Hickman Companies previously updated the mule barns and developed the Hotel Drover.

Officials with the National Park Service said they had removed brochures to the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that identified his murderer as a racist because they were “outdated.”