The biggest story of 2023 is the U.S. economy grew faster than any other economy in the Group of 7 nations, made up of democratic countries with the world’s largest advanced economies. By a lot. The economy grew 3.1 percent from the end of 2022 to the end of 2023, defying expectations, including robust growth at the
Axios reported a record 21.3 million people signed up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Surprisingly, the largest enrollment increases were in heavily Republican states. States with the largest year-over-year increase in sign-ups include West Virginia (80.2%), Louisiana (75.9%), Ohio (62.2%), Indiana (59.6%) and Tennessee (59.5%). Seven other states saw increases of
Last week Biden announced $4.9 billion of student debt cancellation for 74,000 borrowers. Nearly 30,000 of these borrowers had been in repayment for at least 20 years but never got the relief they should have. 44,000 had earned debt forgiveness after 10 years of public service as teachers, nurses, and firefighters. The total number of borrowers