Federal services to slowly recover following end of government shutdown 2025-11-15 13H 01M MST · Description(The Center Square) – With the longest government shutdown in history finally over, federal agencies are slowly bringing affected services back online and hoping to resume normal operations by the end of next week. Tens of millions of low-income Americans on food stamps should receive November benefits within 24 hours, Politico reported. Some of the most disruptive consequences of the 43-day shutdown, however, may take longer to remedy.
The carbon tax saga ends in Pennsylvania, for now 2025-11-15 12H 01M MST · Description(The Center Square) – After six long years, the fate of Pennsylvania's entry into a multi-state emissions curbing program is settled. And much to legislative Republicans' joy, there will be no Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the commonwealth. Nor will the uncertainty of it spike utility bills for customers already feeling the financial strain from an unpredictable economy.
UC Berkeley officials cooperating in federal investigation of Turning Point USA protest 2025-11-14 20H 26M MST · Description(The Center Square) -- Following a sometimes violent protest at University of California, Berkeley Monday night, school officials said they would cooperate with a federal investigation into altercations at the demonstration. The statement, released via email in response to The Center Square's questions, said the university was cooperating with a federal investigation into the disruptions caused by agitators who the Trump administration deemed Antifa at the protest.
Analysis: Trump's proposed tariff rebate would cost twice as much as tariffs 2025-11-14 20H 08M MST · Description(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has again floated the idea of sending Americans $2,000 from tariff revenue, but a new analysis suggests the import taxes won't bring in enough money to cover the proposed checks. Trump's tariff rebate suggestion comes a week after the Supreme Court sharply questioned his authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 law that he has used to justify the bulk of the tariffs announced on April 2, which he dubbed "Liberation Day" for U.S. trade. The cases challenging Trump's tariff authority remain pending before the nation's highest court, but even if the revenue source were not in question, Trump could face challenges in getting the checks out to taxpayers.
Pennsylvania finally closes $50.1B budget deal 2025-11-14 20H 05M MST · Description(The Center Square) – After a 135-day wait and $12 billion in taxpayer money collected, the state cemented a spending plan for all of it, and more. Pennsylvania's final budget came in at $50.1 billion, less than what Gov. Josh Shapiro initially asked for but well north of what Republican leadership had been looking to spend. The legislation includes much of what Democrats had asked for in budgets passed by the House over the course of the last several months, like a new formula for cyber charter schools, a nearly $1 billion infusion into public schools for educational programs, building remediation and student services, and support for food banks and health care providers.
UCSD renames scholarship after affirmative action settlement 2025-11-14 17H 01M MST · Description(The Center Square) - University of California, San Diego has renamed one of its scholarship programs following a legal settlement with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which sought to ensure equal treatment and educational opportunity for all students regardless of race.
Pritzker disagrees with Durbin on vote to end shutdown 2025-11-14 15H 18M MST · Description(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is disappointed that Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin voted in favor of ending the partial shutdown of the federal government. Durbin joined seven other Democrats in voting with Republican senators to send government funding legislation to the U.S. House. "Many of my friends are unhappy. They think we should have kept our government closed indefinitely to protest the policies of the Trump administration. I share their opinions of this administration but cannot accept a strategy which wages political battle at the expense of my neighbor's paycheck or the food for his children," Durbin said on the Senate floor this week.
What incentives are home builders offering new home buyers? 2025-11-14 12H 00M MST · DescriptionJoin economist Dr. Orphe Divounguy and Chris Krug as they discuss home builder incentives on this episode of Everyday Economics! Everyday Economics is an unrehearsed, free-flow discussion of the economic news shaping the day. The thoughts expressed by the hosts are theirs, unedited, and not necessarily the views of their respective organizations.
