A Look at the Potential Impact of the High Unemployment Hardship Exception to Medicaid Work Requirements

The Republican budget reconciliation package, signed into law on July 4th, will—for the first time—require some individuals enrolled in Medicaid to meet work requirements as a condition of eligibility. When implemented by January 2027 (or sooner at state option), adults enrolled through the Medicaid expansion and certain adults enrolled in Medicaid waiver programs in Wisconsin…

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Harrods buying chief hails Louise Trotter’s Bottega Veneta debut as top Milan Fashion Week show

Published September 29, 2025 Louise Trotter’s debut at Bottega Veneta was the standout show at Milan Fashion Week. That’s according to Simon Longland, director of buying – fashion at Harrods. See fashion showBottega Veneta – Spring-Summer2026 – Womenswear – Italie – Milan – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight He said the “debut felt strong, assured, and already deeply in…

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Natalie Massanet and Erik Torstensson end US lawsuit

Published September 29, 2025 Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet and her ex-partner Erik Torstensson (co-founder of Frame) have ended a messy lawsuit in which damaging allegations had been made. Photo: Pixabay They told US publication Page Six that “the parties are pleased that all of the unfortunate litigation between them has been withdrawn”. Massenet had said…

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Heisenberg said it was impossible. Scientists just proved otherwise

Physicists in Australia and Britain have reshaped quantum uncertainty to sidestep the restriction imposed by the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle – a result that could underpin future ultra-precise sensor technology used in navigation, medicine and astronomy. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle, introduced in 1927, says that you can’t know certain pairs of properties – such as…

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Debenhams Group in key US deal, brands now on Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom marketplaces

Published September 29, 2025 ​Debenhams Group has struck a key deal to drive its expansion plan with its brands having launched in the US via Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom online. Karen Millen The company is taking its “most popular British fashion labels” to America, with Coast, Warehouse, Oasis, Nasty Gal (which was originally an American…

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Fossils in germany reveal a Jurassic sea monster with a swordfish snout

An international research team from Switzerland and Germany, led by Gaël Spicher (JURASSICA Museum, Porrentruy, Switzerland), has described a new ichthyosaur species based on fossils curated at the Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken (Bayreuth, Germany). The study was published in Museum für Naturkunde Berlin’s open-access journal Fossil Record. The new species was named Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, in reference to…

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