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(The Center Square) – Ohioans who join a gym to get healthier might pay less on their taxes.A new bill in the state Senate would give a personal income tax deduction of up to $1,500 for an individual gym membership and personal fitness training.Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, wants to use the deduction as an incentive for Ohioans to become more active and live a healthier lifestyle.“Obesity can be directly correlated to a lack of physical exercise, and many individuals do not have the financial means to make that shift in their life. This legislation will reward Ohioans for making that healthy…

(The Center Square) – A Virginia congressman introduced a bill to designate uranium as a critical mineral under the U.S. Geological Survey, a move that could strengthen domestic energy security and reduce reliance on foreign imports.The Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. John McGuire, R-Va., would officially add uranium to the federal list of minerals deemed essential for economic and national security. The designation could encourage domestic production, streamline the regulatory processes, and support job growth in the energy sector.Supporters of the bill say uranium plays a critical role in national security and nuclear capabilities, fueling 32%…

A sign is posted in front of a One Medical office on July 21, 2022 in San Rafael, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesOne Medical CEO Trent Green will step down from the Amazon-owned primary care provider after less than two years in the role.Green is leaving One Medical to become CEO of National Research Corp., or NRC Health, a provider of health-care analytics and other services, the company said in a release Tuesday. He’ll start there on June 1.Under Green, One Medical expanded into new geographic markets and opened more offices. It also integrated further into Amazon, with the company…

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019.Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCrowdStrike shares dropped 7% after issuing weak earnings guidance as the company signaled ongoing pressure from its global IT outage that rattled businesses in July.The cybersecurity software provider said it expects fiscal first-quarter earnings to range between 64 cents and 66 cents per share, versus the average Factset estimate of 95 cents. CrowdStrike is projecting earnings for the year to range between $3.33 and $3.45 per share, excluding items. That fell short $4.42 expected…

(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin legislators have introduced a bill to combat what they call “predatory practices” from pharmacy benefit managers that they say led to the death of 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht.The bill, called Cole’s Act, would lower drug costs, increase transparency and increase pharmacy access and safety, according to the sponsors Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, and Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville.Schmidtknecht was allegedly led to choose between paying his rent or buying an inhaler after his prescription cost rose from $66 to $539.19.Schmidtknecht chose not to buy the inhaler for his asthma at that cost and…

United States tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports took effect on Tuesday. The levies, set at 25 percent by US President Donald Trump, have been followed by the doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 percent. Levies on Canadian energy are limited to 10 percent. Mexico and Canada, the top US trading partners, account for more than 30 percent of total goods traded, exceeding $1.6 trillion. The move has triggered trade tensions, including retaliatory tariffs, that could slow economic growth and drive up prices for Americans still recovering from years of high inflation. “We estimate the tariffs could lead…

WASHINGTON — Lawyers working on a case against the Department of Government Efficiency found new ammunition late Tuesday night in the form of President Donald Trump’s own words during his joint address to Congress. “I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Perhaps. Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight,” Trump said during his speech. The quote was quickly picked up by Kelly B. McClanahan, a lawyer in a case that centers on the legality and operations of DOGE. McClanahan, who represents parties suing DOGE, entered a new…

Apple’s M4 MacBook Air in a marketing photograph.AppleApple on Wednesday announced new MacBook Air models that update the company’s bestselling laptop with a faster M4 chip and an upgraded videoconferencing camera.The computers also got a $100 price cut in the U.S., despite tariffs by President Donald Trump that took effect on Tuesday that experts have said could cause the price of electronics to rise. The 13-inch MacBook Air starts at $999, and the larger, 15-inch model starts at $1,099. Users can pay more for memory and storage upgrades.Although it has the same design as last year’s MacBook Air, the new computer…

Erez Druk, co-founder and CEO of Freed.Courtesy: FreedFor Erez Druk, who spent almost four years working at Facebook, building health-care startup Freed has been a labor of love, quite literally. Druk’s wife, Dr. Gabi Meckler, works at a community clinic in northern California, where she cares for children and adults, and delivers babies at a local hospital. When not with patients, Meckler is inundated with paperwork, constantly updating medical records and related documents.”I got sucked into the world of clinicians,” Druk said in an interview. “One day, it was like, ‘Hey Gabi, what should we just build for you?’ And she…

BARCELONA — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak criticized the “sledgehammer” approach Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has taken to cut administrative costs and implement mass firings at federal government agencies.The Department of Government Efficiency — or “DOGE,” for short — is an initiative President Donald Trump set up to optimize the federal government and cut its administrative spending.”I definitely think that we should look for inefficiencies in government, but pretty much have a huge department that analyzes bit by bit by bit,” Wozniak told CNBC on the sidelines of a tech conference on Tuesday.But he added, “Just mass firings ……