Florida just voted for lower property taxes – and that could mean cuts in government services and new housing constructionAbigail Hall, University of Tampa and Aaron D. Wood, University of Tampa
Midterms are bad for incumbents – and even worse when energy prices are highMichael A. Mische, University of Southern California
Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy, or is something else going on?Erin Kay Lockwood, University of California, Irvine
How the law protecting Americans from surprise medical bills is driving up healthcare costsLindsey Murtagh, Brown University
Some states are stepping up after federal childcare cuts – and now offer lessons for the futureCaitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis and Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame
Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here’s why it doesn’t workKenneth Greene, The University of Texas at Austin
Trump speculates on diesel fuel export ban as high prices ripple across US economyVidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University
Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage insteadJohn Patrick Schoeneman Jr., Oklahoma State University
Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage insteadJohn Patrick Schoeneman Jr., Oklahoma State University
Why fuel prices may go higher stillJoshua Busby, The University of Texas at Austin and Greg Pollock, Georgetown University
We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growthSimon Buechler, Miami University and Lyndsey Rolheiser, York University, Canada
The oil market that sets today’s gas prices was invented in western PennsylvaniaBrian C. Black, Penn State
Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027, but that may not be enough to offset healthcare costsPankaj Agrrawal, University of Maine
Private equity is buying up more methadone clinics – access to the lifesaving drug isn’t getting easierYashaswini Singh, Brown University
US consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowingJohn W. Diamond, Rice University
Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customersSarah Webber, University of Dayton and Kaitlin Newkirk, Xavier University
It’s OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too muchDaniel E. Chavez, University of Tennessee
The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers’ needsPeter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder
US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubtsTzachi Zach, The Ohio State University
AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don’t use the same kindsVidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University
Remote work made these colleagues more open with each other, not lessVanessa M. Conzon, Boston College
The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meetJacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint
Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managersMark Ma, University of Pittsburgh
Gen Z communicates differently in the workplace, but older colleagues can still decode themJeff LeBlanc, Boston University
Why your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfactionChristos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
How Trump’s crypto winnings undermined the industry’s push for looser regulationLee Reiners, Duke University
Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraudBen Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge
Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distressJay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answersPawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint
Why a company donating $20,000 a month counts for more than $240,000 once a year in the eyes of customersYanyi Leng, Colorado State University
Trump administration’s Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charitySarah Webber, University of Dayton
Foundations can outlive their charitable missions – and that’s a problemThomas Adam, University of Arkansas
Is it illegal for the president to spend ‘patriotic’ donations on a White House ballroom or anything else?Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles
A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his ‘retail giving’Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University