AG Challenges UPPCO’s Bid for Permanent Outage Credit Exemption
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The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) in Michigan is seeking approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to change how it calculates power outages during catastrophic conditions. Currently, UPPCO is required to count each outage separately, but the company wants to count multiple outages during a single event as one.…
Arizona Supreme Court Approves Near-Total Abortion Ban: NPR
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The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the state should follow an extremely restrictive abortion law…
Biden Claims Trump Poses Greatest Danger to US Democracy
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President Joe Biden has stated in an interview that he sees Donald Trump as the biggest threat to…
SCOTUS Case Threatens Key Patient & Consumer Rights Regulations
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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, which challenge the Chevron deference, a legal doctrine that states federal courts should defer to the interpretations of federal agencies in cases where a law is ambiguous. Although these cases relate to…
Act Subsidizes Solar Panels, Electric Vehicles for Climate Change
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The U.S. Senate has passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes major focus on clean and…
House GOP Deems EPA Methane Fee ‘Unworkable’
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Dozens of House Republicans are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its method of…
U-M Study Reveals Crucial Role of Quantifying Scientific Data
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A study from the University of Michigan recommends that media coverage should include the numerical magnitude of research findings they report on to avoid misinterpretation of the findings' significance. The study found that without knowing the magnitude of effect sizes, participants were as likely to endorse interventions with unreported…
What Changed to Allow Arab Americans Entry into US Politics After Previous…
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Arab Americans became involved in US politics through organized campaigns such as those of Jesse Jackson…
Baby, Man Found Dead in Separate L.A. Locations: Investigation Ongoing
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Investigators are probing possible connections between three incidents in Los Angeles: the discovery of…
Lori Lightfoot Probes Dolton IL Mayor Tiffany Henyard
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Chicago's former mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has been appointed as a paid investigator to look into the alleged misdeeds of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and the village's multimillion-dollar deficit. Lightfoot's investigation will include looking into unpaid bills and a costly trip to Las Vegas funded by the village. However, Lightfoot's…