Understanding Medicare
What does Medicare cover? What are the costs of Medicare? What happens if you forget to enroll for Medicare? Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people in the United States who are over the age of 65 or certain younger people with disabilities. Medicare is funded in part by payroll…
Impact of Electric Vehicles on the Transmission System and Wholesale Electricity Markets: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Schedules Roundtable Discussion
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) has scheduled a roundtable discussion addressing the: Impact of Electric Vehicles on the Transmission System and Wholesale Electricity Markets ("Roundtable") See Docket no. AD21-5-000. The Roundtable will address: Increased deployment of electric…
Farmland Preservation Program: Northwest Arkansas Land Trust Announces Expansion
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (“Trust”) announced an expansion of its Farmland Preservation Program. The Trust states that a $920,000 grant will: . . . support two integrated efforts to connect farmers to land and resources and conserve vital farmland needed for growing fruits and vegetables…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Related to Murfreesboro Concrete Batch Plant
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nashville Ready Mix, Inc. (“NRMI”) for alleged violation of a Tennessee Air rule. See Division of Air Pollution Control Case No. APC 20-0092. The Order…
COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Need for College-Aged Students and Young Adults to Prioritize Estate Planning
Facing mortality does not come easily to anyone, but particularly not for college-aged students or young adults. As a result, many young people, to the extent they think about estate planning at all, mistakenly assume that estate planning is something needed by only the eldest or wealthiest members…