Washington regulators tighten rules on immigrant lending

 

Washington — Federal banking regulators on Monday, July 13, 2026, issued joint guidance that significantly tightens credit standards for borrowers who are not legally authorized to work in the United States, a move that could reshape parts of the U.S. housing and banking markets. The Office of the Comptroller of...

California Offers $3,500 Rebate To First-Time EV Buyers

 

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on July 13 creating state rebates of $3,500 for first-time buyers of new electric vehicles and $1,750 for eligible used EV purchases, establishing a $270 million program funded by the state budget and automakers and targeting vehicles below specified price caps. The move follows reporting...

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center; Investment Tops $50 Billion

 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana — On Monday, Meta announced it will expand its Richland Parish data center to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity and increase total investment in the project to more than $50 billion. The company said the expansion, first announced in December 2024, supports AI model training and will...

Wisconsin DOR Updates Streamlined Sales Tax Guidance Effective

 

Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue issued updated Streamlined Sales Tax materials — the Taxability Matrix, Certificate of Compliance, and Library of Definitions — finalizing version v2026.0 dated July 12, 2026, and setting the changes to take effect Aug. 1, 2026. Bloomberg Tax Automation published summaries and Bloomberg Tax...

Oakland Council Approves Partial Sale Of Coliseum Complex

 

Oakland. The City Council voted Monday to advance a deal selling the city's 50% stake in the Coliseum complex to the Oakland Acquisition Company (OAC), authorizing a $110 million purchase with an additional $15 million contingent on building permits. The agreement also secures a 6% share of future gross ticket...

Alabama hospital seeks Chapter 11 amid mounting losses

 

Atmore Community Hospital in Atmore, Alabama, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as financial pressures on rural healthcare providers intensify. The voluntary petition, submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama on Friday, July 10, 2026, lists estimated assets between $10 million and $50 million,...

Texas Capital Names Mo Jamous Chief Digital Officer

 

Dallas — Texas Capital Bancshares announced on 13th July 2026 that Mo Jamous has joined the firm as Managing Director, Chief Digital and Information Officer. Jamous will lead the bank’s technology strategy, including infrastructure, enterprise architecture, application development, data platforms, AI enablement and information security, and report directly to CEO...

Louisiana data center costs soar to $50 billion

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Meta is dramatically expanding its Hyperion data center project in rural Richland Parish, lifting the planned investment to more than $50 billion and increasing the facility’s capacity to 5GW, the company said in a blog post on Monday. The site, which began construction in December 2024,...

First Hawaiian Announces All‑Stock Acquisition of TriCo Bancshares

 

HONOLULU — First Hawaiian, Inc. announced on July 13, 2026 that it will acquire TriCo Bancshares in an all‑stock transaction, combining First Hawaiian Bank and Tri Counties Bank. Under the agreement, TriCo shareholders will receive 2.095 First Hawaiian shares per TriCo share, based on First Hawaiian’s July 10 closing price,...

Premier American Uranium Completes Cebolleta Drilling, Delivers Samples

 

Cebolleta, New Mexico — Premier American Uranium Inc. completed a 6,030-foot PQ-core drilling program at its wholly owned Cebolleta Uranium Project and delivered recovered underground resource samples to Hazen Research in Golden, Colorado, to begin advanced metallurgical testing as part of the company’s 2026 work program. Core was drilled at...