Nation Sep 03 Over a dozen states grapple with adopting California’s electric vehicle mandate By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press
Nation Aug 26 This new incentive helps pay for your next electric vehicle. Here’s the catch A federal tax credit included in the Inflation Reduction Act aims to expand access to electric vehicles (EVs), while also introducing new limitations that could make it hard to qualify for now. By Alexa Gold
Politics Aug 18 New climate law signed by Biden to slice carbon pollution 40 percent, study says The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed this week show it will slice America's carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Nation Aug 16 Watch 5:25 How Congress overcame deep differences to pass major legislation President Biden on Tuesday signed the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act into law. The massive economic, climate and health care package comes after more than a year of negotiations among Democrats in Congress and the White House and caps off a… By Lisa Desjardins
Politics Aug 15 Watch 9:14 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Republican primaries, Democrats’ legislative victories NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including this week's closely watched primary elections, President Biden prepares to sign the Inflation Reduction Act, and…
Aug 14 Watch 6:13 Democrats celebrate legislative win in passing of climate, health and tax bill Congressional Democrats are celebrating a landmark legislative victory after passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden is set to sign into law this week. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump for potentially violating the Espionage Act after… Continue watching
Aug 13 Sinema received nearly $1 million from Wall Street while killing tax hike on investors By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose taxes would… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: House lawmakers give final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act In our new wrap Friday, Democrats are celebrating another legislative victory after House lawmakers gave final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act, author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage before a lecture in western New York, the polio virus has… Continue watching
Aug 12 WATCH: Democrats pass landmark climate and health bill By Alan Fram, Associated Press Democrats have pushed their landmark climate and health care bill through Congress, handing an election-year victory to President Joe Biden. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 7:24 Examining the tax provisions in the Democrats’ budget bill By Lisa Desjardins As the House prepares to cast the final vote Friday on the Democrats’ sweeping climate and health care bill, we take a look at how the legislation also impacts tax policy. Michael Graetz, a professor of tax law at Columbia… Continue watching