On Nov. 16, the House legislation passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill that will decrease tax rates on businesses, reduce the individual tax code and reduce estate taxes, which may affect wealthy heirs. Republicans supported this bill, claiming for the tax code to become simpler as it may eliminate deductions, benefit U.S. companies competing overseas…
On Nov. 2, President Donald Trump nominated Jerome H. Powell to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Powell is currently the governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, but would be next to replace current Chair Janet Yellen in February. Despite Powell’s stance as a Republican, former President Barack Obama appointed him for…
By Will Byers The place for business, wealth and power is located right in the heart of New York City. People who strive to pursue such a niche location tend to fall in the streets of Manhattan where every other block is an opportunity for a new entrepreneur to plant their business. What would happen…
By Will Byers Earlier this week, mysterious fluids were found in the Lake Macatawa shores. This discovery left residents of Holland disturbed on early Monday morning, as one witness took her daily walk through downtown and into Kollen Park. After noticing this strange substance near the lake, she reached down to grab a small sample…
On Saturday, Oct. 21, President Donald Trump announced that he would release all documents related to the assassination of President John F. Ken- nedy in 1963. He also explained that he will keep files holding names and addresses of people still alive confidential. Up to 3,100 documents that make up tens of thousands of pages…
Located in the southeast region of Asia, a small Buddhist- majority country, Myanmar, holds an ethnic Muslim minority who are currently suffering violence and persecution. This minority group, called the Rohingya, differs from the Buddhist-majority in ethnic, religious and linguistic ways. The Rohingya consist of about 1.1 million people who live in the southeast Asian…
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new personalized treatment for cancer on Oct. 18. Yescarta, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is both a risk and a lifesaver since it holds dramatic side-effects in some patients and is costly. Doctors proclaim that Yescarta will be used as a last-resort treatment for specific…
In early September, China announced their plan to eventually ban gasoline-powered cars. Not too soon after, California may do something similar if regulators ban the internal combustion engine entirely. With the push for the automotive industry to shift toward electric vehicles (EV), several large automakers have announced some form of “electrification” within the next few…
On the morning of Oct. 6 in Oslo, Norway, the 2017 No-bel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,also known as ICAN. This is a group of non-governmental organizations from approximately 100 different countries around the world who are campaign-ing to eliminate nuclear weapons. Banning nuclear weapons as an international…
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three American researchers for discovering the molecular circuitry of the circadian rhythm. Over several decades of work, Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young can help further ex plain how biology adapts to the 24hour cycle of every day. Additionally, their studies found how diseases…