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A proposed change in a formula for Medicare payments could help rural hospitals but would mean less money for hospitals in cities.

Richer Medicare Payments For Rural Hospitals Could Come At Urban Centers' Expense

The administration's proposed adjustment to the wage index, a key factor used to set hospitals' Medicare payments, could help rural facilities while hurting those in cities.

A wildfire blazes near the town of Roboré, in eastern Bolivia's Santa Cruz region, on Aug. 21.

Bolivia Is Fighting Major Forest Fires Nearly As Large As In Brazil

Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been working for the past two months to put out some of the worst blazes in the country's recent history.

Reynolds Seeks Probe of Passport Backlog

By Eileen BuckleyBuffalo, NY – Congressman Tom Reynolds is requesting a Government Accountability Office study on why a backlog has occurred in passport…

More protests are part of the plan for Samuel Radford and the District Parent Coordinating Council.

Parents prepare for more protests

The Buffalo debate over teacher evaluations is not likely to fade anytime soon.The Buffalo District Parent Coordinating Council says today it will begin…

This field is part of a 160-acre tract in Saline County, Mo., that sold for $10,700 per acre in February — double what it would have gone for five years ago.

Corn Belt Farmland: The Newest Real Estate Bubble?

Investors looking for safer and more profitable investments have been buying farmland across the Midwest, and the price of land is rising fast. But some economists say cropland prices can't go up forever and that investors are turning farmland into a bubble.

Over the past decade, hospitals have been rapidly building outpatient clinics or purchasing existing independent ones. It was a lucrative business strategy because such clinics could charge higher rates, on the premise that they were part of a hospital. Medicare's recent rule change puts a damper on all that.

Hospitals Chafe Under A Medicare Rule That Reduces Payments To Far-Flung Clinics

Hospital-owned clinics that are miles away should be reimbursed at the same rates as an independent doctor, but not more, Medicare says. That new rule could save taxpayers $380 million in 2019.

Anchorage, Alaska resident Hans Dow built his own sawmill and began milling his own boards after lumber prices skyrocketed over the last year.

As Lumber Prices Climb, DIYers Cut Out The Middle Man And Mill Their Own

The price of lumber has more than doubled during the pandemic. Now people are turning to extreme DIY for building projects. Instead of buying boards, they're buying their own sawmills.

James Loewen "could clearly illustrate a problem of injustice, often historical but tied to the present, and motivate the reader or listener to want to take action to solve that problem," one of his peers writes.

James Loewen, Author Of 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' Dies At 79

The sociologist and anti-racist activist died on Thursday. His work focused on dispelling myths about racial progress in American history and using education as a tool to further racial justice.

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

Clouds Are Convenient, But Be Paranoid To Protect Personal Data

For many of us, data clouds like Google Drive and Dropbox have replaced clunky hard-drives and easy-to-lose USB sticks. But how secure is our data in these clouds?

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