2+ day, 18+ 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…...

3+ day, 19+ 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…...

3+ day, 20+ 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…...

3+ day, 20+ 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…...

4+ day, 21+ 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, 1+ 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, 1+ 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, 2+ 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, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (320+ words) (The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump declined to criticize Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for suggesting he might raise interest rates, instead saying he trusts his appointee will do what needs to be done. When asked by the Daily Signal…...