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Senate Bill Would Make Deep Cuts to Medicaid, Setting Up Fight With House

The proposal would salvage some clean-energy tax credits and phase out others more slowly, making up some of the cost by imposing deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed bill would.

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The 549-page measure, released by the Senate Finance Committee, outlines changes to Medicaid that would be far more aggressive than the version passed in the House, making millions more Americans subject to a work requirement.

Power Bills Are Squeezing Georgians. Voters Could Do Something About It.

A special primary election this week for seats on the state’s utility board will be a rare referendum on residential electric bills, at a time when they have risen sharply across the country.

Some Georgians are limiting their power usage after seeing the cost of their electric bills surge.

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.

The combination of a data center boom, rising gas exports and cuts to clean energy tax breaks could spike American energy bills, analysts say.

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Electricity demand is surging for the first time in decades, partly because of data centers needed for A.I., and power companies are already struggling to keep up.
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