Data: MDR Education; Map: Brad Jennings/Axios. Note: Includes public schools. Does not include year-round schools.
America's start-of-school season stretches nearly two months.
Why it matters: Gone are the days of a shared "back-to-school" moment. U.S. schools reopen on schedules that stretch from mid-July to mid-September, depending on where they are.
The profile of the proposed $67 billion merger between NextEra and Dominion just got even higher — and the path toward creating a new power giant just got even trickier.
Why it matters: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's (D) move Thursday to formally take part in the state regulatory proceeding is more than just inside baseball.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse.
"What we're trying to teach them is there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.
Why it matters: Cuba's economy is in a state of slow-motion collapse because of crushing U.S. sanctions and communist mismanagement of the island, which prides itself as the hemisphere's chief foe of the superpower 90 miles to its north.
