2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (268+ words) (The Center Square) – U.S. inflation rose by 0.4% in August for an annual rate of 3.4%, keeping in track with July’s data, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index for gasoline rose 3.9% during the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (419+ words) Only 32% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of K-12 education, an 11-percentage-point drop in two years and the lowest level since Gallup began tracking satisfaction in 1999, according to a new Gallup poll. Although the survey didn’t specify public schools or…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (826+ words) The fight over tariffs between the United States and Canada is creating uncertainty for Kansas City businesses, particularly those with cross-border supply chains, even as local employment data offers little evidence of significant economic damage so far. The Canadian Chamber…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (393+ words) (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing announced a $1.9 billion loan Friday to NextEra Energy to fund the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant decommissioned in 2020 near Cedar Rapids, Iowa…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (497+ words) The cost of diesel has reached an all-time high as the strain of war roils markets and decades of poor policy choices come due, two energy experts told Heartlander News. Diesel prices hit a historic peak of $5.85 per gallon on…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (404+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) – Americans continued packing airports throughout the summer despite war-driven fuel costs, rising airfares and economic uncertainty, as the Trump administration moved ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s aging air traffic control system. The resilience…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (696+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) – China appears to have cushioned its oil shock from the Iran war by using reserves it spent years building — while America’s emergency stockpile sits at its lowest level in 44 years. Since Aug. 1, national average U.S....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) (The Center Square) – The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, a stark improvement from previous months, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% during the month. The food service industry and local…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (811+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) – Two major tech platforms seemingly dropped out of a federal panel on designing safer apps for kids, government documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. YouTube and TikTok appeared on an early agenda for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (353+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) – Agricultural commodities rose to their highest rate in more than a decade in August as wars and extreme weather threatened supplies, raising concerns that higher costs would hit American consumers already rocked by inflation. Wheat was…...