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Public Policy the ‘North Star’ in Shift to Clean Energy, Firms Say

Wall Street Journal Government policies will increasingly drive private capital flows into the clean-energy industry and influence how fast the economy shifts away from fossil fuels, according to panelists at a climate conference. https://www.wsj.com/articles/public-policy-the-north-star-in-shift-to-clean-energy-firms-say-dab8c774

Want a Tax Break on an EV? You Will Have to Buy a U.S. Brand

Wall Street Journal New restrictions on qualifying for the as much as $7,500 EV tax credit mean that only U.S. brands currently qualify. https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-a-tax-break-on-an-ev-youll-have-to-buy-an-american-brand-edd8883a

DeSantis fires back at Disney as company tries to ‘usurp’ state oversight

Fox News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state legislature is working on a bill to reassert its control over Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. DeSantis said the legislature will void a development agreement Disney made to invalidate the state’s oversight of the area. DeSantis had signed a bill earlier this year, HB 9-B,…

A Former ER Doctor Finds New Ways to Use Her Medical Skills in Retirement

Wall Street Journal Among other things, Paula Glosserman removes tattoos of former gang members. https://www.wsj.com/articles/medical-skills-retirement-doctor-870c77e7

Pennsylvania court tosses out ex-Gov. Tom Wolf’s suit against GOP lawmakers

Fox News A Pennsylvania court on Monday dismissed a challenge to how lawmakers have bundled together five potential state constitutional amendments, including one regarding abortion, on grounds the legal dispute was not ripe for the judges’ review. The five-judge Commonwealth Court panel said judges were not passing judgment on the proposed amendments themselves, which Republican…

Misfiled (Tuesday Crossword, April 18)

Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/misfiled-tuesday-crossword-april-18-a6e7148a

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines

New York Times Mr. Kennedy, a Democrat who plans to kick off his campaign this week, says he wants to make vaccines safer, but he is spreading misinformation by twisting facts out of context. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccines.html

Biden to veto GOP bill protecting women’s sports, calls it ‘discrimination’ against transgender students

Fox News The White House vowed Monday that President Biden will veto a bill that would prevent biological males from participating in women’s sports should it pass both houses fo Congress. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, or H.R. 734, was introduced by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., and is expected to come…

Fed Pause Could Depend on Tighter Lending Conditions

Wall Street Journal The likelihood of a pause in the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate raising campaign after the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting depends on how much damage the banking crisis has caused, BNP Paribas Chief U.S. Economist Carl Riccadonna says. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-pause-could-depend-on-tighter-lending-conditions-59bbba4e

A better mousetrap? What DeSantis is proposing for Disney’s land after latest barb with ‘corporate kingdom’

Fox News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis struck back at Disney World Monday, announcing forthcoming legislative action that would void a development agreement that enshrined the corporate giant’s self-governing power. “We want to make sure that Disney lives under the same laws as everybody else,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Lake Buena Vista, where…