The United States is beginning to investigate and experiment with reopening schools despite the continued presence of COVID-19, following in the steps of 20 other countries that have already done so, the Heritage Foundation is reporting.

Sweeping new regulations covering higher education institutions, particularly for-profit colleges,are due to take effect in July, but it is unclear where the Trump administration stands on them and whether they will remain intact.

A multibillion-dollar California solar thermal plant is the latest example of a solar project taxpayers are paying for that doesn’t work, according to an expert; and concerns raised about the solar project tie into a larger conversation surrounding net metering policies that affect energy consumers in Arizona.