Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Health care costs in the United States are among the highest in the world, and many Americans avoid seeing a doctor because of the expense. Increasing the number of doctors would expand access and reduce costs, and states can do this easily: by recognizing physician licenses from other states. A recent study supports this claim: ...
The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee penned a letter to the Department of Justice demanding information about Ghislaine Maxwell’s recent prison transfer and meeting with a top Trump administration official. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said the recent transfer of Maxwell – a convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and alleged accomplice – out of a maximum ...
How a Richmond native turned early experience into real estate strategy Ben Roper didn’t start in a boardroom. He started in a leasing office. Today, he’s a key figure in the real estate investment trust (REIT) space, helping grow portfolios through strategic 721 exchanges, also known as UPREITs. “I didn’t skip steps,” Roper says. “I’ve done the hard, detailed work ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has appointed three high-profile business figures to the Treasury’s Board of Directors – but the move has drawn criticism from SME leaders who say the government is failing to include voices with first-hand small business experience. From September, Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chairman of John Lewis Partnership, will join the board alongside fintech entrepreneur Edward Twiddy and ...
Former Navy SEAL and current GOP House lawmaker Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona delivered a pointed message to former President Barack Obama. ‘You’ve done enough damage. Probably best to sit this one out,’ the congressman told Obama in a post on X. Crane made the comments in response to a post in which Obama declared, ‘Since we passed the Affordable ...
The GMB union has called on the government to commit to using UK-made pottery and tableware in all British embassies and High Commissions around the world, as part of a push to back the country’s struggling ceramics sector. In a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said the move would send “a clear message that ...
The UK’s dairy industry has warned that chronic worker shortages – worsened by Brexit and the pandemic – are threatening the country’s food security and driving up the risk of reduced production and higher prices. A survey by Arla, the UK’s largest dairy co-operative and owner of the Lurpak and Cravendale brands, found that five in six farmers looking to ...
More than 20 Republican attorneys general are demanding that the Trump administration reinstate safety protocols for the abortion drug mifepristone, saying it poses ‘serious risks to women.’ In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, 22 attorneys general called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drugs Administration head Martin Makary to bring back ...
Immigrants across Europe and North America earn almost 18 per cent less than native-born citizens on average, with the gap driven largely by unequal access to higher-paying jobs, according to new research published in Nature. The study, led by Professor Halil Sabanci of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, examined employer-employee data from 13.5 million people in Canada, Denmark, ...
The Government has put electric vehicles and batteries at the sharp end of its Modern Industrial Strategy, targeting more than 1.3 million cars and commercial vehicles a year by 2035 and a home‑grown supply chain from raw materials to recycling. A new £2.5 billion package for the auto sector, lower industrial power prices and a £452 million battery R&D drive headline the ...