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TL/DR - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an extended visit to the US, including a stop in North Carolina, highlighting the mature relationship between the two regions. Japanese companies have made significant contributions to North Carolina's economy, with Toyota's $8 billion investment in a Randolph County site being the single…

TL/DR - President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which allocates about $1 trillion toward tax credits, grants, and loans for clean energy, has not been well-received among voters, despite the administration highlighting its benefits such as job creation, reduced costs for families, and tax code simplification. More than 40% of the public…

TL/DR - 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.…

TL/DR - 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…