What the WARN Act Actually Owes Workers When a Plant Closes
Sixty days' notice is the whole of the federal promise — and the record shows how often it is narrower, shorter, or unenforced than the phrase suggests.
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What Actually Counts as a "News Desert"
Researchers use the term loosely in conversation but precisely in the data. Here's what the numbers behind it actually measure — and what they leave out.
Prime Rate Holds at 6.75%: What It Costs Your Business Loan
75% — here is how that number actually reaches a line of credit or an SBA 7(a) loan.
The Automatic Stay: How a Bid Protest Freezes a Contract
A losing bidder's protest to the Government Accountability Office can stop a federal contract cold. The mechanism runs on two statutes, a 100-day clock, and a narrow set of overrides.
What qualified immunity covers, and where it stops
The doctrine shields officials from most civil rights lawsuits unless the right they violated was already "clearly established" — a standard that has grown narrower since the Supreme Court adopted it in 1982.
Supreme Court Curbs Nationwide Injunctions In CASA Ruling
A 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA limits federal district courts to relief for the parties actually before them, reshaping how future litigants can challenge federal policy nationwide.
What five years of product bundling did to The New York Times' subscriber math
5 million digital subscribers — but the company's own numbers show the easy gains are already behind it.
The New York Times raised prices for loyal subscribers, and ARPU followed
4% digital subscription revenue growth in the same quarter — one company, one pricing move, per its own disclosure.
How prevented planting payments are calculated under crop insurance
The federal program pays a share of a crop's guarantee when planting deadlines pass unmet. The percentage, the dates, and the acreage minimum are set in the policy well before a wet spring makes them relevant.
More paid vacation didn't fix America's day-off problem
Access to paid time off is near a high point, but a large share of workers still leave days unused — the gap comes down to workload, tenure and who's watching.
How a SAFE Actually Works: The Cap, the Discount, the Trigger
A SAFE lets you take a check today without setting a valuation today. Here's what the cap, the discount, and the conversion trigger actually commit you to.
How the Consumer Price Index Turns 80,000 Prices Into One Number
2%.
How Central Bank Swap Lines Move Dollars Across Borders
Six central banks have kept standing dollar swap lines open since October 31, 2013. The mechanism is two transactions, one exchange rate, and a credit risk that never crosses the border.
How Congress Kills a Federal Rule in 60 Days
The Congressional Review Act runs on several clocks at once. Here is what each one counts, why the Senate needs only 51 votes, and what a disapproved rule can never become.
What does an FTC consent decree actually require a platform to do?
The government's most common tool for disciplining a tech platform after a privacy failure is not the fine — it is a multi-year compliance regime, and Meta's own record shows how much can still go wrong inside one.
The Wanted List That Isn't Quite a Warrant
An INTERPOL Red Notice can upend a life overnight, yet the organization that issues it has no power to make anyone arrest anybody.
Congress Turns to Stopgap Bills to Avoid Government Shutdowns
A look at how continuing resolutions work, why lawmakers rely on them almost every year, and what happens when one is not passed by the fiscal deadline.
How the SBA Microloan Program Actually Works for Founders
The federal program caps loans at $50,000 and routes every dollar through nonprofit lenders. Here is what it covers, what it costs, and what disqualifies an application.
How the SEC's Whistleblower Award Program Works Under Dodd-Frank
A step-by-step look at eligibility, award size, and retaliation protections under the SEC's Dodd-Frank whistleblower program, drawn from the agency's own program materials and its fiscal 2025 report to Congress.
What COBRA Actually Guarantees After a Layoff: The Fine Print Behind the 18-Month Rule
Federal law lets laid-off workers keep their employer health plan for up to 18 months. It says nothing about making the premium affordable.
Why Nonprofit Newsrooms Are Leaning Harder on Big Donors
The Institute for Nonprofit News's 2026 Index shows sector revenue up 14 percent — but the gains are concentrated in outlets that can afford to court major individual gifts.
Prime Rate Holds at 6.75% After the Fed's Split Decision
The Fed left its target range unchanged on a 9-3 vote, keeping the prime rate that indexes most small-business credit lines flat for now.
Continuing Resolutions: How Stopgap Funding Actually Works
A continuing resolution does not fund next year's priorities — it freezes last year's, account by account, until Congress finishes the job or funding lapses altogether.
How the FCC sets price caps on prison phone calls
" The caps they've set have moved twice in two years — down sharply in 2024, then back up in 2025.
Substack takes 10% of newsletter subscriptions; beehiiv and Ghost take none
A side-by-side of what the three platforms' own pricing pages say publishers actually pay, and when a percentage cut beats a flat monthly fee.
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