Delaware Hospitals Resist Spending Oversight Bill

TL/DR - Delaware's House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would create a state board to oversee hospital spending and control health care costs. The Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board would approve annual hospital budgets from 2026, using a variety of criteria such as state health care spending benchmarks and financial health of…

IRA Funds Back 138 New Conservation Easements

TL/DR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing about $138 million from the Inflation Reduction Act into 138 new climate-smart conservation easements as part of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The conservation easements aim to preserve wetlands, grasslands, and prime farmlands, supporting climate-smart…

Clean Energy Tax Credits Ignite Manufacturing Boom

TL/DR - The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 has spurred nearly $11 billion in new clean energy investment in Michigan and $118 billion in private-sector investments across the country. The law offers tax credits for governments and private companies on clean energy projects, facilitating the announcement of 292 major new projects…