Author: Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will give a speech to promote President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, marking the one-year anniversary of the policy creating tax credits for clean energy, reducing healthcare expenses, and other significant law changes. US OIL AND GAS RIGS DOWN BY 14% FROM LAST YEAR DESPITE HIGH OIL PRICES Speaking in Las…

Washington state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish issuing food stamps for the month of August in six days. In the Evergreen State, food stamp payments are issued between Aug. 1 and Aug. 20, and the state typically sends out benefits on a similar schedule each month. SNAP is known as the Basic Food program…

California lawmakers will gavel in as scheduled at the state Capitol on Monday to hear several bills following their summer recess, including a proposal to block local education officials from banning books in the classroom. The Democratic-backed bill would bring a major change to the K-12 education system in the Golden State, preventing governing school…

Last year, the city of Long Beach in California launched a guaranteed income pilot program for families struggling with finances, and payments for accepted applicants will now be issued in two days. The Long Beach Pledge, created through the Long Beach Recovery Act, will give 250 families with children living in the west-central 90813 ZIP…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he would not step down “anytime soon” after his health episode at the Capitol last month sparked talks of retirement. McConnell, 81, stopped his remarks midsentence during a news conference on June 26 and was escorted away from cameras only to return shortly after. The longest-serving party leader…

Long Beach, California, residents who were accepted to receive payments from the city’s guaranteed income pilot program will see their funds in three days. The Long Beach Pledge was launched last year through the Long Beach Recovery Act and will provide 250 qualifying families with children $500 a month for 12 months. The fund was…

It’s been one year since the Biden administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a flagship policy that includes hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle climate change, lower prescription drug prices, and improve taxpayer compliance. President Joe Biden set out this week to tour the Southwest to promote the IRA policy changes aimed at confronting…

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s third and final round of August payments for Utah residents will arrive in three days. Utah distributes SNAP benefits on three dates throughout the month: Aug. 5, 11, and 15. Beneficiaries commonly see their food stamps reloaded on the same day each month. MOODY’S DOWNGRADES SEVERAL US BANKS AMID ‘ONGOING…

Thousands of San Francisco students could receive financial support under the city’s free college program, Democratic Mayor London Breed announced Thursday. The city’s budget will allocate $2.1 million to help waive fees from unpaid transcripts, materials, or late withdrawal fees for students who attended between August 2017 and December 2022. INFLATION COMPLICATES BIDEN’S PATH BACK…

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who launched his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in mid-June, said getting on to the first debate stage should make or break a candidate. “I agree that if you can’t meet the minimum thresholds, you shouldn’t be trying to take the time involved away from being productive,” Suarez said at…