Author: Daniel snow

Staff members remove a sign following a press conference after the House passage of the tax and spending bill, at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesHouse Republicans passed a multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending package after months of debate, which included many of President Donald Trump’s priorities. Now, policy experts are bracing for Senate changes as GOP lawmakers aim to finalize the “big bill” by the Fourth of July.If enacted as currently drafted, the House’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would make permanent Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, while adding new tax breaks for tip…

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Artist Lauren Bon, shown at the Los Angeles River. Bon and her non-profit art and research hub, Metabolic Studio, spent more than a decade on a project called “Bending the River.” The initiative draws water from the L.A. River in downtown L.A., cleans it and uses it to irrigate Los Angeles State Historic Park.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesPolitics, science and the law aren’t the only fields with the ability to influence climate change policy — when it comes to making direct interventions, art shouldn’t be underestimated, industry insiders say.The arts have an “essential” role to…

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