Many hospitals turn to medical professionals from abroad to fill the gaps, but the new price tag for the popular H-1B visa is making that nearly impossible. Continue reading Hospitals seek exemption from new $100,000 visa fee: “We cannot afford that”
The Mexican Senate is considering a bill to increase the tobacco tax, arguing that it would improve health by discouraging use and increase the government’s bank account. It could also fill the accounts of some of Mexico’s major cartels. Experts say the cartels have a significant hand in Mexico’s black market for cigarettes and stand to gain an even bigger share from the tax. President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for raising Mexico’s ad valorem tobacco tax from 160% to 200%. The per-cigarette quota tax would nearly double by 2030. The inevitable result would be a bigger black market for cartels to exploit, said. Continue reading Cartels stand to capitalize as Mexico eyes big tobacco tax hike
For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in Arizona, wind in Wyoming, hydro in Washington and battery storage in California. Continue reading The West’s power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in – Fri, 24 Oct 2025 PST
Tony Khan has finally given fans a major update about Britt Baker’s absence from AEW, which has been a topic of discussion for months. Continue reading Tony Khan FINALLY provides an update on Britt Baker amid her prolonged absence from AEW
The Virginia cluster known as US-East-1 is responsible for “orders of magnitude” more data than AWS’ other hubs, says Kentik’s Doug Madory. Continue reading ‘The reality is it’s all very concentrated’: AWS outage exposes the world’s internet chokepoint, one data-center cluster in Virginia