In the recently concluded Democratic primary for New York City mayor, state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious, beating out former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, among others, for the nomination. One proposal that galvanized both supporters and opponents was Mamdani’s plan to open five city-owned grocery stores—one in each borough. In a campaign video, he called the […]
With the Department of Government Efficiency aiming to reduce the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy, the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has not been immune. The agency recently reported a 13 percent reduction in its workforce since last year. While much of this appears to have come in the form of “voluntary […]
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Byetta (exenatide) in 2005, doctors thought it was just approving the first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist to treat Type 2 diabetes. But this new drug class had the potential to treat a host of other problems. GLP-1 agonists mimic the body’s intrinsic GLP-1, a hormone that stimulates insulin release, […]