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California Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery Bill Package Introduced – Go Health Pro

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California Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery Bill Package Introduced – Go Health Pro

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and a group of state lawmakers are pushing a 10-bill legislative package designed to improve disaster preparedness and help protect wildfire survivors. The bills intended focus are on consumer protection, climate resiliency and market strength. Among the proposals are a statewide grant program to assist with wildfire hardening, protections for … Read more

Transit leader Bill Webster takes helm at Chestnut Hill Conservancy board – Go Health Pro

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Transit leader Bill Webster takes helm at Chestnut Hill Conservancy board – Go Health Pro

Press release posted 6 February 2025 by Carla Robinson with Chestnut Hill Local The Chestnut Hill Conservancy has named Bill Webster, SEPTA’s Chief Communications Officer, as the new president of its board of directors, the organization announced today. Webster succeeds Eileen Javers, who led the organization for eight years and will remain on the board … Read more

The Sanders-Hawley Bill Wants To Cap Credit Card Interest Rates. Here’s What You Need To Know – Forbes Advisor – Go Health Pro

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The Sanders-Hawley Bill Wants To Cap Credit Card Interest Rates. Here’s What You Need To Know – Forbes Advisor – Go Health Pro

But capping interest rates is not a cure-all for debt-driven woes. A 2018 World Bank study of interest rates on loans in other countries found that interest rate caps set below market rates reduced access to credit for low and middle-income borrowers. Banks take on risk by extending credit to consumers, and that risk increases … Read more

Reacting to DeepSeek, US Senate bill would separate US and China efforts to develop AI – Go Health Pro

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Reacting to DeepSeek, US Senate bill would separate US and China efforts to develop AI – Go Health Pro

As the global tech industry reels from the emergence of Chinese start-up DeepSeek, Congress is reacting quickly with proposals to separate US AI development from China and strengthen its competitive edge. One of the most expansive efforts is a bill by Senator Josh Hawley that seeks to ban imports of AI technology and intellectual property … Read more

US lawmakers bring back bill to revoke China’s trade status – Go Health Pro

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US lawmakers bring back bill to revoke China’s trade status – Go Health Pro

Republicans in the US Congress introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal China’s preferential trade status that it has held for over two decades, garnering a Democratic co-sponsor for the first time. China’s permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status is a legal designation in the US for free trade with a foreign state, and was conferred … Read more

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