The surge of rent control movements

July 1, 2026

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talking points

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent crusade might be coming to your city

Rent control movements surge in Massachusetts and California

quote of the day

‘Any AI data center even thinking about coming here — they’ve got to bring their own money, bring their own power, reuse their own water.’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), at a campaign stop in East Texas, on what tech companies should contemplate before coming to the state. Texas must prohibit them from building in “rural Texas neighborhoods” and “eliminate the tax break they are getting,” he added.

in the spotlight

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under the radar

Women are hacking hormonal health with allergy drugs and antacids

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Picture of the day

Rice run

An Indonesian jockey balances on a wooden plough between two bulls, steering them through a flooded paddy field during Pacu Jawi, in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra. This traditional race celebrates the end of the rice harvest.
Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images