Monday, September 28, 2026
A Gulfstream G650 private jet. Photo: Aeroprints.com / CC BY-SA 3.0

Private jets use 7 percent of airspace but pay under 0.6 percent of aviation...

The Institute for Policy Studies also counts more than $1.13 billion in airport grants that may mainly benefit private jets, as a provision in the ALERT Act draws opposition over state tax enforcement.
The Las Vegas Strip, where Culinary Union members work in hotels and casinos. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0

Hundreds of Las Vegas Culinary Union members are protesting their own union over health...

Dissidents say the new clinic-based plan limits their choice of doctors, while leaders describe a small group spreading misinformation about a plan with no premiums, copays or deductibles.
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Labor department sues Oklahoma nonprofit coffee chain over wages and tips

The lawsuit covers more than 320 employees, some with disabilities, going back to 2023
The SEC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

SEC votes to propose scrapping rule that lets shareholders force a vote

Investor advocates call the move a threat to eight decades of shareholder oversight
Flooded street in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Wonderlane from Seattle, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but...

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.
Shelves of medication in a hospital pharmacy. Photo: User:Mattes, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Drugs and Devices Have Been on the Market for Years. But FDA-Ordered Studies...

To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such “postmarket” studies are behind schedule or overdue, records show.
The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
A coal-fired power plant on Lake Erie in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0

EPA repeals climate pollution limits on power plants, drawing lawsuits and asthma warnings

The rule change could also block future administrations from ever regulating power plant emissions again, and one Arizona county already failing on air quality could be among the first to feel it.
Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at a 2020 Bernie Sanders campaign rally. Photo: Σ / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Ro Khanna and AOC Should Run for President in 2028

RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America will launch a campaign after the midterms urging the two lawmakers to seek the 2028 Democratic nomination.