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(The Center Square) − The Louisiana Public Service Commission has affirmed a ruling that designates Rosefield Fourchon Operating LLC as a common carrier pipeline, siding with energy company Cantium LLC in a regulatory dispute over crude oil terminal fees. Cantium alleges Rosefield is overcharging for services at the Fourchon Terminal without a legally required tariff on file and is seeking refunds and lower rates.Currently, Rosefield is doing what it can to stall the case and seek a reversal of the ruling.In a filing with the commission, Rosefield claims Cantium’s push for a status conference — which would set trial deadlines —…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a Republican appeal and left in place a Pennsylvania court decision allowing people to cast provisional ballots when their mail-in votes are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law.The court released the decision Friday, after an “apparent software malfunction” sent out early notifications about orders that had been slated to be released Monday. A technological error also resulted in an opinion being posted early last year.The justices acted in an appeal filed by the Republican National Committee, the state GOP and the Republican-majority election board in Butler County. Pennsylvania’s top…

Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder and president of Gemini Trust Co., left, and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder and chief executive officer of Gemini Trust Co., on stage during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGemini, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S., according to a press release on Friday. The number of shares and the pricing terms have not yet been decided upon, and the company said a listing “is expected to occur after the SEC…

(The Center Square) – Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, filed this week for an annual electric rate hike of about $436 million.This would make it the largest increase requested in decades and comes just months after the state approved a $154 million electric rate hike.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she plans to intervene in the request, which she has labeled “corporate greed.”“Before Consumers Energy, or anyone else for that matter, can even begin to measure any affordability or reliability improvements from their last rate hike, the company is back in business asking to bill their customers an additional $400…

(The Center Square) – Plaintiffs rejoiced this week after a federal appeals court ruled the city of San Diego’s outdoor yoga ban is unconstitutional.Yoga instructors Steven Hubbard and Amy Baack filed a lawsuit against the city’s ordinance banning the teaching of yoga classes attended by four or more people in public parks and beaches, claiming it was a violation of their First Amendment right of free speech. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on Wednesday, rejecting a previous district court’s decision that sided with the city. “It’s hard to feel like you are powerless,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sequence of events is familiar: A lower court judge blocks a part of President Donald Trump’s agenda, an appellate panel refuses to put the order on hold while the case continues, and the Justice Department turns to the Supreme Court.Trump administration lawyers have filed emergency appeals with the nation’s highest court a little less than once a week on average since Trump began his second term.The court is not being asked to render a final decision but rather to set the rules of the road while the case makes its way through the courts.The justices have…

(The Center Square) – A fifth case of measles occurred in Georgia, the state Department of Public Health said on Friday.The unvaccinated individual contracted the disease from a person who acquired it from out of the country, according to a release. That case was reported to the health department in May.Six confirmed measles cases were reported in all of 2024,according to the department.The Health Department said the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is safe and recommended it.”More than 95% of the people who receive a single dose of MMR will develop immunity to all three viruses,” the department said. “A second…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two victories Friday in cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency, including giving it access to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk. Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he…

Omada Health shares rose 21% in their Nasdaq debut Friday after the virtual chronic care company priced its stock at $19 per share in its IPO.The stock opened at $23 and closed at that same level, reaching a high of $28.40 in the middle of the day.The company said in a press release late Thursday that it sold 7.9 million shares in the offering, amounting to about $150 million. The pricing was in the middle of the expected range, and valued the company at just over $1 billion, though that number could be higher on a fully diluted basis.Omada, founded…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have made changes to their party’s sweeping tax bill in hopes of preserving a new policy that would prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.In legislative text unveiled Thursday night, Senate Republicans proposed denying states federal funding for broadband projects if they regulate AI. That’s a change from a provision in the House-passed version of the tax overhaul that simply banned any current or future AI regulations by the states for 10 years. “These provisions fulfill the mandate given to President Trump and Congressional Republicans by the voters: to unleash America’s full economic…