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(The Center Square) – Opponents of price controls brought on by the Biden administration and the $891 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 have hope an Ohio chamber of commerce is successful in litigation they believe will ultimately land before the U.S. Supreme Court.Dayton Area Chamber of Comm v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the case is known, was before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday morning for oral arguments. The chamber’s legal standing is pivotal, the chamber saying price controls are harmful and the government saying the chamber itself is unable to produce a…

In the race to build a more competitive energy economy, carbon capture and storage is no longer a theory — it’s a race. And in that race, Texas is gaining fast on Louisiana.CCS is vital to the future of heavy industry — cement, steel, refining, and chemical production — sectors that form the economic backbone of Louisiana. But without consistent support, streamlined permitting, and a clear path to project development, the state risks watching opportunity drift across the Sabine River into Texas.For two years, Louisiana has held the advantage. It was one of the first three states in the nation…

(The Center Square) – New York religious leaders are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a bill that would authorize physicians in the state to administer lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients.Legislation approved by the state Assembly and Senate would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults who have been given a prognosis of six months or less to live the ability to request medication to end their lives.“This is about personal autonomy, this is about liberty, this is about exercising one’s own freedom to control one’s body,” said Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Manhattan Democrat and primary sponsor of the…

(The Center Square) – The region-wide electrification race means electricity prices will rise until energy supply can better meet demand.This, according to PJM, the organization that manages the power grid for 13 states across the mid-Atlantic and the nation’s capital.In a letter to the New Jersey congressional delegation this week obtained by The Center Square, PJM said that forces beyond its control – including decarbonization efforts and wholesale electricity prices – are driving the reality. As a government-regulated organization, there’s not much PJM can do to address the issues without federal approval.“Power plants that generate electricity have been retiring due…

(The Center Square) – A lawsuit by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce challenging federal government drug price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act should be allowed to continue, attorneys argued Wednesday before a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati.A District Court judge dismissed the chamber’s lawsuit last year and the organization appealed to the 6th U.S. District Court of Appeals.A central dispute in the case is whether the chamber of commerce has legal standing to challenge the price controls. Attorneys and judges Wednesday acknowledged that there is no previous ruling that perfectly matches this case although there are some that…

The American ambassador to Israel has said that it should be up to “Muslim countries” to build a Palestinian state on their territory instead of in the areas that much of the world recognizes as Palestinian lands.If the statements by Ambassador Mike Huckabee are confirmed as representing the U.S. administration’s position, it would be a sharp shift away from decades of American foreign policy on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. A State Department spokeswoman downplayed his remarks.“Muslim countries have 644 times the amount of land that are controlled by Israel,” Mr. Huckabee said in an videotaped interview with the BBC. “So maybe,…

(The Center Square) – State Rep. James DeSana recently proposed “vaccine freedom legislation” in an effort to protect “individual liberty and parental rights” in Michigan.In a press conference on Tuesday, DeSana said the bill is essential to preserve liberty.“It is essential for Michigan to keep defending individual rights,” DeSana said. “This proposal ensures that Michigan continues to protect people from unfair treatment based solely on their health choices. It’s time to make it clear that medical freedom is not negotiable.”The bill will amend civil rights legislation to prohibit discrimination based on an individual’s vaccine status. It would make vaccine status a…

(The Center Square) – A recently closed mental health treatment center in the Chippewa Falls area could open and be restored to a 50-bed treatment facility if it receives support from Wisconsin legislators and Gov. Tony Evers.Senate Bill 308 and its companion, Assembly Bill 304, would require $1 million in the state budget to help the nonprofit Lutheran Social Services purchase and renovate the Libertas Treatment Center.The bills are on their way to be voted on in committee.”Reopening this facility as a substance use treatment facility will help address the major void in our areas’ mental health services,” bill coauthor…

Poland’s centrist government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, averting political turmoil for the biggest country on the European Union’s eastern flank and a robust supporter of Ukraine.Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week called the vote for legislators to endorse his government, hoping to reassert his authority after the victory of a political opponent, Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist historian, in a presidential election this month.In the vote, 243 lawmakers voted in favor of Mr. Tusk and 210 against, giving him a majority in the 460-member lower house of Parliament.Speaking to Parliament on Wednesday, Mr. Tusk acknowledged that Mr.…

The Walt Disney logo is displayed on screen during the Walt Disney Studios presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 3, 2025. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty ImagesDisney and Universal joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image creator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement, according to court filings.It is the first AI copyright lawsuit from Hollywood giants.The lawsuit claims that the company used and distributed AI-generated characters from the movie studios like Star Wars, The Simpsons and other films and alleges that Midjourney disregarded requests to stop. Disney and Universal…