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Tax overhaul likely to benefit for-profit hospitals — nonprofits, not…
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe recent Republican tax overhaul has generated millions in bonuses for corporations all across the U.S, and is creating new jobs by these companies looking to reinvest on American soil. When it comes to the healthcare industry, for-profit hospitals are expected to reap major rewards, according to a new report by Moody's Investor Service.
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Supreme Court hears pivotal union arguments
Seth Sandronsky EducationThe fate of classroom teachers and other public-sector union workers remain uncertain after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31 case. Mark Janus, a child-support specialist employed by the State of Illinois, claims the current union law violates his First Amendment rights, and the ruling could have wide-ranging effects on the status of unions in the United States.
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What’s in the box? Trump’s SNAP proposal surprises food industry
R.V. Scheide Food & BeverageIn the year that President Donald Trump has been in office, Americans have become somewhat accustomed to his unorthodox approach to managing the country's affairs from the Oval Office.
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Are these personalities ruling your color team reviews?
Lisa Pafe Civil & GovernmentThere are anywhere from four to 16 different personality types, depending on your Google search results. In the context of proposal color team reviews, proposal managers and review team leads have probably encountered quite a medley of nonconstructive participants who seem to do everything in their power to impede progress.
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States introducing legislation to import Canadian drugs
Michelle R. Matisons PharmaceuticalThe rising cost of prescription drugs is not a new story. But as continuing efforts to lower prices have had little effect, states are starting to take matters into their own hands.
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The modelers are coming: How will urban planners respond?
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentPlanning our cities is a fundamentally future-oriented endeavor. To work out which train lines, apartment blocks and zoning policies to put in place today, we need to do our best to anticipate what the consequences will be for the future.
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Bipartisan budget deal boosts military spending
Seth Sandronsky Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityPresident Donald Trump signed a two-year federal budget early Friday morning that reopened the government after it briefly shut down overnight. The deal passed by Congress lifts caps on spending by an estimated $300 billion, with the majority of that increase going toward military funding.
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Fighting city hall over land
Wendy Lathrop Civil & GovernmentOnce upon a time (1989 to be exact) in a place not so far from where I live, a man (Francis Galdo) bought a home across the street from a vacant parcel owned by the City of Philadelphia. That parcel, along with others, had been acquired by condemnation in 1974, subsequent to a 1956 consenting ordinance and 1962 agreement to the Pennsylvania Department of Highways plans to establish and occupy certain rights of way, streets and traffic interchanges as part of the construction of the Delaware Expressway within the city.
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Transit-oriented development: Beyond the hype
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentTransit-oriented development is a concept that chimes with trendy "New Urbanist" ideals of vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. First uttered by San Francisco-based urbanist Peter Calthorpe in the 1980s, it may not yet be a household term, but it is rapidly gaining prominence in cities across the U.S. and beyond its borders. The TOD concept revolves around making transit hubs into hubs for not only switching from bus to train to bike, but also for land-use intensification.
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What new regs for vehicle autonomy will mean for transportation
Ryan Clark Transportation Technology & AutomotiveWith the transportation industry speeding toward the reality of autonomous vehicles sharing U.S. roads, the government is determined to remove whatever obstacles have been placed in the technology’s way. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said last month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that a new tech-neutral and flexible approach to Obama-era regulations will aim to eliminate "unnecessary obstacles" to the development of self-driving cars and commercial vehicles.
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