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Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) logo (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNext Tuesday, November 5, New York voters are likely to choose a new mayor who has campaigned for income tax increases for higher-income households and businesses; Meanwhile, on the same day, Texas voters are expected to approve ballot measures banning the state’s capital gains tax and the imposition of a tax on financial transactions. The increased opposition is sure to help the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), the new Dallas-based exchange due to launch in 2026.On October 31st Wall Street Journal report on a new…

Pulmonology and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Jeanne Millett, left, and pulmonologist Dr. Thomas Smith review lung cancer screening scans at Albany Medical Center Friday, February 5, 2016 in Albany, NY. (Photo by John Carl D’Annibale/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)Albany Times Union via Getty ImaScreening for lung cancer remains strikingly inadequate, with reported screening rates of up to 16% according to American Lung Association. This means that fewer than 1 in 5 people who qualify for low-dose CT, the lung cancer screening test, actually get the test. This statistic is alarming since lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer…

With an unprecedented dataset on the content people watch on their phones, a team of researchers including Kellogg’s Guy Aridor was able to measure how often people watch election news. And the response was so low that they had to recheck their methods.”In the first two months after we got these results, we said something is wrong because the finding was so surprising,” says Aridor, assistant professor of marketing.On a typical day in the fall of 2024, the average person in his study encountered only about 13 election-related keywords—less than half of what they would encounter reading a single news…

“The Death Star is now operational,” Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) wrote in a statement. was posted on X in July, shortly after a judge upheld the Texas Regulatory Consequence Act, Texas’ landmark preemption law commonly referred to as the “Death Star,” which Burroughs authored and passed in 2023. Although enacted more than two years ago, TRCA could not go into effect until this lawsuit was resolved last summer. Now, just two months after the TRCA went into effect in Texas, the significance of its impact is becoming more apparent. Last week, on October 29, the Texas Public Policy…

Campaigns and advocacy groups spend millions of dollars on these direct mail efforts each election cycle, believing that, with the right messages, they will win more recipients than they will lose. But new research shows that these campaigns can backfire, gaining the support of the target audience but losing the support of all other voters.”The problem is that no one really understands how a given flyer or advertisement can motivate people to talk to others and spread information on social networks,” he says. Georgy Egorovprofessor of managerial economics and decision science at Kellogg.Seeking to explore how messages ripple across social…

Google’s Gmail security is changing.dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWhile millions of Gmail passwords have not suddenly been leaked, despite many reports, Google warns compromised security credentials give hackers access to accounts. His advice is clear — if you haven’t already, switch that account now.For the second time in just a few weeks, Google knock back as stated (1,2) suggested a massive new password leak. “Reports of ‘Gmail security breach affecting millions of users’ are false. Gmail’s defenses are strong and users remain protected.”But just because the hack isn’t new doesn’t mean it isn’t dangerous. Google says users should “reset passwords…

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An esteemed one 42 million Americans receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP. That’s more than one in 10 citizens who depend on government assistance to pay for food. This level of dependency is alarming: We need to improve our economic, educational and employment systems so that more people can live independently and do not need government assistance to meet the necessities of life. However, reforming SNAP and our welfare system is an issue once again. Right now, the priority is to reopen the government and restore funding for these programs to prevent serious harm to…

Dressed as a hot dog, 10-year-old Luke Nitschke (L) waves a flag after joining 26 other children in Halloween costumes as they took the Pledge of Allegiance during their naturalization ceremony at the USCIS in Washington on October 30, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty ImagesHalloween is a time when kids get creative to design fun costumes, try out an alter ego or career ambition or their favorite movie or TV character. Adults make a statement with their costumes too. I have fond memories of dressing up as a bee when I was a child volunteering at…