FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints Over Paramount Gifts

Two government watchdog groups have asked federal investigators to examine whether FCC commissioners violated ethics rules by accepting years of free tickets to the Kennedy Center Honors gala from Paramount, CBS’s parent company. The complaints, filed by the Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, build on a ProPublica investigation and land while the FCC reviews Paramount’s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — raising fresh questions about whether the agency vetting one of media’s biggest mergers has also been on the receiving end of the merging company’s hospitality.

Uranium’s Comeback Runs Through a Reservation Water Supply

As demand for nuclear fuel climbs, the nation’s only operating conventional uranium mill — White Mesa Mill in Utah — is ramping up production next to land sacred to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Tribal members like Malcolm Lehi worry decades of milling near Entrance Spring have already touched groundwater the tribe depends on, even as the industry leans on the facility to meet growing demand.

California’s Cut-Rate Insulin Label Is Still Finding Its Footing

Gov. Gavin Newsom has touted California’s state-branded generic insulin as a fix for sky-high prices, but pharmacists say the rollout has been slow going. Thin distribution and low awareness are blunting a program pitched as a national model for government-made drugs.

EmblemHealth to Pay Millions Over “Ghost Network” Mental Health Listings

New York Attorney General Letitia James says EmblemHealth overstated how many in-network mental health providers it actually had, pushing patients toward pricier out-of-network care or none at all. The insurer will pay millions in penalties and restitution, though it stops short of admitting the state’s findings.

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