The state’s biggest energy producers say the need for increased capacity and replacement of aging power plants will require substantial rate hikes, potentially up to 50 percent. Some have suggested having industrial groups foot a larger share of the bill for future capacity expansions, considering they’re the ones driving the need for more capacity. Public Service Commissioner Dr. Craig Greene says whatever the solution…
According to AAA a third of the country will be in transit over the holidays, either by plane, trains or automobiles. AAA Spokesperson Don Redman says that’s the most ever predicted in the last twenty years by the association and the majority of travelers will take to the roadways.
The official traffic season begins this weekend and ends January 1st.
A New England Journal of Medicine study predicts nearly half of all Americans will be obese by the end of the decade. Pennington Biomedical director of the Metabolism-Body Composition Lab, Steven Heymsfield, says those numbers are disproportionately high in people making under 50,000 dollars a year, and…
The study was conducted by Harvard researchers.
A rash of stories about dangerous counterfeit toys has inspired Senator Bill Cassidy to introduce the SANTA Act, which demands online retailers to detail exactly where children’s products come from. Currently, online retailers only have to provide the name of their company, and little else, but Cassidy wants them to reveal more…