Hospitals Are Cashing In on Real Estate
Nonprofit hospital chains are buying up billions of dollars’ worth of real estate across the US, dodging property taxes using their charity status.
6 Articles by: Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein is an investigative journalist based in Washington, DC. He was most recently a writing fellow at the American Prospect and was with the Open Markets Institute before that.
Meta Helped Write a Delaware Law Protecting Mark Zuckerberg
This week, Delaware passed a bill that would shield tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk from litigation. Zuckerberg’s company, Meta, helped write the law.
Big Ag Is Blaming High Egg Prices on Cage-Free Laws
Large egg farmers as well as Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary are blaming egg shortages and high prices in part on state-level regulations that prohibit crates and cages for chickens. The Department of Agriculture’s own data contradicts this story.
Trump Helps Credit Card Companies Fight Interest Rate Caps
Although on the campaign trail Donald Trump proposed capping credit card interest rates, his administration is withdrawing support for a Colorado state law that would impose such caps.
Trump’s Crypto-Invested AI Czar Cleared to Oversee Crypto
The Trump administration has issued a blanket ethics waiver to venture capitalist David Sacks, the president’s new special advisor for AI and crypto. The waiver clears Sacks to work on regulatory issues directly related to his financial holdings.
Google Is Jacking Up Its Prices
Google is jacking up the monthly price for its cloud-based software. If all users paid that standard increase, it would mean an additional $7.2 billion in monthly revenue for the company.