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TL/DR - Right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who was involved in devising the Trump campaign's fake electors plot, continued to propose methods to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after the US Capitol attack. Chesebro and former Trump lawyer Jim Troupis (both from Wisconsin) recently settled a lawsuit brought by Wisconsin’s real…

TL/DR - An all-women panel discussed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and clean energy policy at the ACORE Policy Forum. The panel consisted of representatives from Covington & Burling, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy, and Invenergy. The speakers proposed that the best defense for the IRA would be to…

TL/DR - Indonesia’s health insurance claims rose by 25% year-on-year to Rp 20.83 trillion ($1.32 billion) in 2023, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This rise was consistent with the increase in healthcare costs in the country, such as facilities, service fees, medicines, and varied health tests. The increase in insurance claims has outpaced…

TL/DR - Wake County Commissioners in North Carolina have approved $7 million in investment for community outreach programs to assist vulnerable residents. The investment will support twelve projects, three of which will be financed through the county's Impact Fund. The remaining nine projects, which involve the construction of new facilities and…