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Congressional efforts to expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit have stalled again, even as the workforce participation gap for mothers of young children continues to widen.

Unresolved ILA contract talks are forcing importers to make costly contingency decisions during the most critical window of the holiday shipping calendar.

Childcare center closures are pushing working parents – mostly mothers – out of the labor force entirely, creating invisible workforce losses that headline unemployment figures never capture.

Egg prices are reshaping grocery inflation in ways that go beyond the carton. Here’s how one commodity is skewing CPI data and household budgets alike.

Trillions in corporate debt are maturing into a high-rate environment, and the refinancing costs are already compressing margins, cutting spending, and straining weaker borrowers.

Enrollment declines at regional universities are draining college-town retailers of their core customer base, with leases, rents, and narrowly focused business models compounding the damage.

Physician groups serving Medicaid patients are filing for bankruptcy as reimbursement rate freezes outpace rising operating costs, threatening care access.

Medicaid redetermination is quietly eroding rural hospital finances as uncompensated care rises and payer mix shifts toward self-pay. The pressure is sharpest in non-expansion states.

A new brokerage market has formed around renewable energy tax credit transfers, connecting energy developers with corporate tax buyers at discounts that beat most fixed-income alternatives.

Construction labor shortages are stalling affordable housing completions nationwide, driving up costs and threatening tax credit deadlines as skilled worker gaps worsen.