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Despite record-high jobs and median wage, federal policy changes could challenge Wisconsin families
August 29, 2025
Wisconsin has a record-high number of jobs and median wage, but there are signs that the economy is softening and changes in federal policy could…
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Unconstitutional: Utilities are funding political speech with captive ratepayer funds
August 29, 2025
An article by Eliza Martin: Utilities are private for-profit companies that enjoy state-granted monopolies to deliver gas and electricity. These companies, which rely on government-approved…
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Data centers are driving up utility costs. As companies like Amazon and Meta pour billions into data centers across the country, it’s raising electricity bills.
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Beijing’s ‘Legal Great Wall’ Helps Fleece U.S. Investors
August 28, 2025
An op-ed by Jesse Fried: It’s good news that the Securities and Exchange Commission is reconsidering 40-year-old rules that grant Chinese companies sweeping exemptions from the…
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Scholars Tell High Court To Back Conversion Therapy Ban
August 28, 2025
A group of health law experts told the U.S. Supreme Court that Colorado’s conversion therapy ban doesn’t violate healthcare providers’ First Amendment rights, arguing that…
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Months before Antonio Gracias took a leading role in the “department of government efficiency’s” dismantling of the federal government, he was at Burning Man. In…
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Big Tech’s AI push fueling higher home energy bills
August 27, 2025
“Unfortunately for the public, the development of artificial intelligence data centers is pushing our power bills higher,” said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law…
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‘It’s hard to explain, but I thought I was going to die’
August 27, 2025
They drank water from a toilet tank. They begged for food, for medical attention; one pleaded for sanitary pads. Many were transported to facilities far…
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Fifteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that corporations have constitutional free-speech rights to spend money influencing elections, virtually all federal…
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Last week, EPA employees received a surprising email. The government agency had already banned staff from conducting union business on agency time. Now they were…
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President Donald Trump fired tens of thousands of federal workers to reshape the administration in his mold, but the legitimacy of his unprecedented removal of…
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Word & Phrases We Should Ignore
August 27, 2025
The “presumption of regularity,” a concept neither mentioned in the Constitution nor enshrined in any law, boils down to the notion that courts should give…
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The Age Verification Fallout on Free Speech Is Starting
August 26, 2025
An op-ed written by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court is asleep at the wheel when it comes to protecting free speech. The latest sign is the…
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The Fed’s future hangs in balance after Trump’s assault
August 26, 2025
Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a pivotal moment. It signals the US president’s switch from unpleasant name-calling of the…
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The current generation of legal AI tools is automating tasks that previously required substantial staffing. But here’s what’s crucial about this new efficiency: These aren’t…
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The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past
August 25, 2025
An op-ed by Jill Lepore: In 1976, the year the United States celebrated its bicentennial, Donald J. Trump, thirty, leonine, and three-piece-suited, was chauffeured around Manhattan…
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Amy Coney Barrett Is a Maddening Voice on Grant Cases
August 25, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: When it comes to lawsuits against the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating government grants and contracts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has…
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Early in the spring, an aggressive and polarizing new presidential administration drafted a menu of demands, many of them very specific, designed to reshape the…
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The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story
August 25, 2025
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed…
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More than 150,000 students are enrolled in homeschool in Florida. NBC News’ George Solis reports on what’s driving the homeschool increase and spoke with critics…
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DOJ Sues California Regulator Over Trucking Emissions Standards
August 22, 2025
The Justice Department announced a lawsuit on Friday against California’s air regulator, the latest move in the Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on electric vehicles. The…