In the “if you like your insurance plan you can keep it” watch, Wegmans grocery chain has eliminated health insurance coverage for its part-time employees. The company has been praised for “voluntarily offer[ing] health insurance to employees who worked 20 hours per week or more.” But no more. Buffalo News reports that the company has discontinued […]

The Voluntary Institutional Metrics Project, a coalition of 18 institutions of higher learning funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, brings together mostly community colleges and other non-traditional schools in pursuit of the goal of evaluating their performance across five main areas. On Wednesday, the group released a set of performance metrics that include: […]

It wasn’t long ago that people were predicting Poland would be one of the next big boom sites for shale. The country seemingly had a lot of it, and gas companies were tripping over themselves to be first movers in the new market. But complex geology and bureaucratic red tape are leaching that dream of […]

DC has just become the latest battleground over Walmart’s business practices. The retailer recently announced plans to open a number of stores in the city, but the District government has been throwing obstacles in its path. This is no way to create non-degree jobs in a city that desperately needs them.

A bill was introduced into the House that would encourage federal agencies to use telework and teleconferencing to cut down on costly travel expenses. The bill, called the Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act, already looks to have bipartisan appeal, and could really move the needle on telework.

DC has just become the latest battleground over Walmart’s business practices. The retailer recently announced plans to open a number of stores in the city, but the District government has been throwing obstacles in its path. On Wednesday, the city council approved the Large Retailer Accountability Act by an 8 to 5 vote. The bill […]

Iran would need a decade to build the infrastructure to exploit its natural gas reserves, thought to be the world’s largest, because of international sanctions. It would need to develop its resources while world prices are at all-time lows, and are projected to stay there, due to American, Canadian, and Australian shale gas. Good luck with that!

According to Alabama’s new education standards, black students will not be expected to do as well as white ones in public schools. The WSJ reports: “Beginning this fall, Alabama public schools will be under a new state-created academic accountability system that sets different goals for students in math and reading based on their race, economic […]

Could this new eyeglass technology put a whole profession out of business?The Times reports on Adlens Variable Focus, a company that offers self-adjusting glasses. Knobs on the side of the glasses allow wearers to adjust the strength of the prescription themselves. The implications are huge: There are distinct advantages to variable-focus glasses like these. First, […]

A: When it comes to biofuels, yes, the US should be following Europe’s lead.Just a handful of days after Europe’s biggest oil companies, Shell and BP, indicated that they are shuttering their advanced biofuels divisions, EU lawmakers took a step toward curbing the continent’s biofuel requirements.Currently, the EU is planning on sourcing 10 percent of […]