Bible stories might be made required reading for Texas public school students

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of renewed contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers, parents and students spent hours Tuesday before the state education board arguing about the reading

Effects of Stablecoin Yield Prohibition on Bank Lending

Executive Summary The GENIUS Act, signed into law in July 2025, requires stablecoin issuers to maintain reserves backing outstanding stablecoins on at least a one-to-one basis. Reserves may only consist of certain specified assets, including US dollars, federal reserve notes, funds held at certain insured or regulated depository institutions, certain short-term Treasuries and Treasury-backed reverse