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This week in health care policy: October 5–9, 2026
Drug pricing and 340B PhRMA sues to block GLOBE. On October 7, PhRMA sued to block the most-favored-nation drug-pricing model CMS finalized last week. The suit argues GLOBE is a price control rather than a “test,” exceeds the Innovation Center’s authority, and fails the major questions doctrine. CEI commented on the GLOBE pilot earlier this […]
Images: Science Square's latest jobs hub arrives on Westside
One of the world’s leading battery makers officially cut the ribbon this week on a $56-million, jobs-producing investment into research and development at the cusp of Georgia Tech.Spread across four stories where English Avenue meets Midtown, Duracell’s Global Innovation Center for Research and Development marks a key addition for Science Square, an 18-acre, mixed-use district expected to produce 500 homes, retail, and nearly 2 million square feet of lab and office space across multiple phases.
Sutter Health tests sleep-friendly hospital room innovations
Hospital rooms often make it difficult for patients to sleep due to bright lights and loud noises, but Sutter Health is working to change that at its Innovation Center in San Francisco.
Basalt Chamber announces 2026 Roaring Fork Valley Business Summit
The Basalt Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2026 Roaring Fork Valley Business Summit will take place on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center. The...
Greater Wausau Chamber holds open house for new Business Innovation Center
WAUSAU, WI (WJFW) - This is the WPS Powerhouse on Clarke Island, right on the shore of the Wisconsin River in Wausau. Built in 1904, this building has its fair
Greater Wausau Chamber holds open house for new Business Innovation Center
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St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center receives $2.2M grant for expansion
St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center receives $2.2M grant for expansion
St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center receives $2.2M grant for expansion
The grant is awarded from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
Lysol Maker Plans New Science and Innovation Center in Nutley
A new research complex is coming to Essex County as the company behind Lysol and Mucinex expands its New Jersey operations.
St. Louis-based geospatial nonprofit launches AI innovation center with support from major tech firms
The local initiative is backed by some of the biggest companies in the rapidly-growing AI industry.
Cedar Business and Innovation Center to host 4th annual Small Business Expo
The Cedar Business and Innovation Center invites the community to attend the 4th annual Small Business Expo next Saturday, Aug. 22.
Missouri Southern State University Celebrates Grand Opening of the Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center
Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) students lined the grand staircase of the Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center on Aug. 13 to celebrate the facility's grand opening and ribbon-cutting alongside community members, university leaders and the building's namesake, former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt.
AMGEN TO OPEN NEW SCIENCE & INNOVATION CENTER IN GENOME VALLEY, HYDERABAD
/PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced plans to open a new Science and Innovation Center at Genome Valley in Hyderabad. The center will join...
Debt Digest | Federal Debt is a Health Care Problem
Welcome David Ditch to the Debt Dispatch! We are pleased to announce a new regular contributor: David Ditch will be joining the Cato Institute as a Policy Analyst for Budget and Entitlement Policy later this week. David has more than a decade of experience in fiscal policy issues, with a particular focus on federal spending. He previously worked at the Senate Budget Committee, the Heritage Foundation, and the Economic Policy Innovation Center. David’s areas of expertise include appropriations, transportation, agriculture, federalism, grantmaking, and policy options for deficit reduction. Originally from the Rochester, N.Y. area, David has a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Rochester and a MA in Political Management from George Washington University. David currently lives in Arlington, VA. You may have enjoyed his earlier guest posts: CBO: New Highway Bill Has More Spending, Taxes, and Deficits Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Federal Grants Highlight Problems of Big Government Here are this week’s reading links and fiscal facts: The federal debt is largely a health care problem. In a new report, the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation find that “In 2026, federal subsidies for health insurance, net of related payments to the government, are projected to equal $2.4 trillion, or 7.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In CBO and JCT’s projections, those subsidies grow by 65 percent, reaching $3.9 trillion, or 8.4 percent of GDP, in 2036. Subsidies for Medicare contribute most to that overall growth, increasing by $900 billion. Over the entire 2026–2036 period, federal subsidies for health insurance total $33.6 trillion.” Cato’s Michael Cannon emphasizes, “The long-term federal debt problem is a health care problem. […] Only two categories of federal outlays will grow faster than gross domestic product (GDP): health care subsidies and interest payments on the debt. The former is, therefore, the primary driver of the latter.” The bond market fears deficits, not the loss of tariff revenue. Responding to a New York Times essay claiming tariff revenue has grown too important for a future administration to unwind, Cato’s Kyle Handley argues: “Bond investors are not attached to customs duties as a line item revenue source. They care about the government’s overall fiscal position.” He continues, “tariff revenue is a side hustle. And the Trump administration has already promised to dole out the funds through schemes like tariff dividend rebates, farm subsidies, and pay-fors on tax cuts or other spending.” Furthermore, “tariff revenue is simply not large enough to transform the government’s fiscal trajectory.” Take net interest for example: it “reached $970 billion in fiscal year 2025, absorbing 18.5 percent of federal receipts. Customs duties accounted for only 3.7 percent of receipts—and that was before refunds (see Figure 2).” Handley concludes, “The real bond-market concern is a large and growing interest bill, persistent budget deficits, and a political system unwilling to bring spending and revenue into alignment.” Medicare’s spending growth is driven by more volume and utilization. A Congressional Research Service report finds that Medicare spending “grew at an average annual rate of 7.3%” from 1985 through 2025, and the trustees project health care expenditures will keep rising “faster than gross domestic product (GDP) in most future years.” Citing CBO, the report attributes Medicare’s projected 2026–2036 spending growth to “23% from higher enrollment, 31% from inflation, and 47% from the growth of inflation-adjusted spending per beneficiary. In other words**, the largest single driver of Medicare spending growth during the next decade is expected to be higher volume and intensity of health care services.”** Boccia and Thakur explain: “as the economy grows, Medicare spending tends to grow at least as fast—and often faster—because the program automatically pays the bill for more and more healthcare consumption by seniors, even as prices rise.” The Fed has little control over market interest rates. Cato’s Jai Kedia documents that the Fed has held its rate target steady since December, yet “nearly every rate Americans actually borrow at has climbed over the same stretch.” Kedia continues, “The Fed did nothing, and the cost of credit went up anyway. […] Markets spent these months repricing macroeconomic events such as sticky core inflation, a volatile energy market driven by the conflict in the Middle East, and global trade disrupted by tariffs, among others. None of that required a policy change to show up in borrowing costs because markets, not the FOMC, set prices.” He concludes, “Accurately priced borrowing rates will come from credible disinflation and disciplined budgets and from a Fed content to follow the economy rather than pretend it leads it.” Nearly half of US farm income comes from taxpayers. Former Reagan OMB director David Stockman notes that “in the most recently completed full year (FY 2025) farmer incomes in the US totaled $97.8 billion, but fully 42.7% or $41.8 billion of that amount came from taxpayers, not the marketplace. Nor is this some kind of one-year aberration. If we look at the most recent decade as a whole, total farm income posted at nearly $708 billion, but, as indicated, fully $322 billion or 45% of this came compliments of US taxpayers.” Cato’s Chris Edwards explains why so little of that income is market-earned: “Farmers are businesspeople, but the government shields them from just about every type of weather and market risk. Furthermore, just about every part of the agricultural industry is subsidized, including insurance, loans, marketing, research, export sales, and land improvements.” The Debt Dispatch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe
Hancock County innovation center reenvisions what career ed can be
The $48 million Amplify Hancock Innovation Center opened this week to help bolster workforce development in one of the state’s fastest-growing counties.
CMCSS opens Founders Inc. to help students turn ideas into businesses
Founders Inc. is new entrepreneurship program at the Burt Innovation Center designed to give high school students hands-on experience.
$48M Amplify Hancock Innovation Center set to open
The facility is designed to bring together career and technical education, higher education, workforce training, and industry collaboration under one roof.
New Citizen Science Lab opens in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
The Citizen Science Lab cut the ribbon on its new innovation center in the heart of the Hill District on Friday.
Arkansas Food Science & Innovation Center gets State Grant
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced a $5 million grant for the construction of the University of Arkansas Department of Food Science’s Center of Excellence for Food Science and Innovation.
850 good news: Local high school student competes at international science fair
A Magnet Innovation Center STEAM High School student competed against top young scientists from around the world at the International Science and Engineering Fair.
Maserati Has No Business Outsourcing to China
As China becomes the auto industry’s main innovation center, global carmakers wanting the most advanced technology should be embracing its supply chains. But there is an exception: heritage brands. Doing so could dilute the very identity that makes them valuable.
Black business honored with historical marker
A historical marker is unveiled at the HJ Russel Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs building where prominent African American construction businessman, HJ Russell started his business 75 years ago. The community gathers to honor what the family has done for Atlanta.
University of Tampa breaks ground on new innovation center, focused on health and science fields
The University of Tampa broke ground on the largest investment in its 94-year history. The school is building the Dickey Science Innovation Center, overlooking the Hillsborough River.
University of Tampa breaks ground on new innovation center, focused on health and science fields
The University of Tampa broke ground on the largest investment in its 94-year history. The school is building the Dickey Science Innovation Center, overlooking the Hillsborough River.
Former Steeler Jerome Bettis, NFL Commissioner view CMU’s inventions to power sports
The intersection of sports, physical fitness and technology can be found in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis and local officials toured Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center for the university’s “Powering the Future of Sport” showcase. More than 16 CMU-related startups —
Nalivka: New University of Idaho Meat Science and Innovation Center Will Play Vital Role in Meat Industry
The state-of-the-art facility marks a new era for Idaho’s 100% job-placement meat science program, bridging the gap between academic research and industry needs.
University of Idaho Dedicates New Meat Science Laboratory
April 16, 2026 - More than 300 supporters gathered April 10 to help dedicate a new University of Idaho meat science laboratory with ample space and modern technology to better serve the state’s rapidly growing beef industry. The 12,750-square-foot Meat Science and Innovation Center Honoring Ron Richard includes a Vandal Brand Meats storefront, a fabrication room, a further-processing room and more.
University of Idaho opens new meat science center in Moscow
MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho opened a new meat science innovation center that gives students more room for classes and expands research and production.
University of Idaho to open new Meat Science Center, expanding research and training opportunities
The University of Idaho's (U of I) College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will host a grand opening for its 12,750 square foot Meat Science and Innovation Center Honoring Ron Richard. U of ...
Progress made on Jefferson County Innovation Center, bringing health care, education hub
Construction is moving forward on a new multipurpose facility in Jefferson County that leaders say will expand access to walk-in health care while also supporti
Science and Technology Innovation Center opens, ushering in a new era of STEM education
Monday, Jan. 26 marked a day years in the making when the University of Wisconsin-River Falls new Science and Technology Innovation Center (SciTech) opened for its first day of classes. “We had about two years of design and two and a half years of construction,” said Alan Symicek, chief facilities officer at UWRF. “So this...
N.J. approves $12.5M to boost med-tech, maternal health startups
The state will invest in two innovation centers aimed at advancing maternal health entrepreneurship.
With Science and Technology Innovation Center, UWRF gets an upgrade
When students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls return to class on Jan. 26, the newly opened Science and Technology Innovation Center is waiting for them.
With Science and Technology Innovation Center, UWRF gets an upgrade
When students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls return to class on Jan. 26, the newly opened Science and Technology Innovation Center is waiting for them.
Past Meets Present: Lincoln Hall History Preserved With Business And Health Innovation Center Conference Table
Tiger oak boards that once lined the art gallery of Northern State University's Lincoln Hall now serve as the executive conference table in the newly
New podcast explores health care in rural Georgia
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) at Mercer University School of Medicine has launched season one of Rural Georgia Voices.