BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1.  On May 18, 2026, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to Every child deserves a safe and nurturing ...

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Quartz countertops are synthetic or engineered materials using minerals, including quartz, as the main ingredient. The highly concentrated slabs are strong and dense, much like natural stone. Quartz ...

If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one from a ...

President Trump is hammering away at “affordability” to help Republicans win an uphill battle to keep Congress in November. He can’t undo the damage his tariffs have done to household budgets to date, ...

California workplace safety officials moved Thursday toward a first-in-the-nation ban on fabrication and installation of quartz countertop materials, in a bid to halt a deadly epidemic among workers ...

California workplace safety regulators want to completely ban kitchen quartz countertops because they are linked to an incurable lung disease in the workers who make them. The state’s Occupational ...

Wade Hanicker lives near Tampa, Fla., and he started making countertops about 15 years ago. He used saws and other power tools to cut and polish big, heavy slabs of raw stone so that they'd fit ...

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. California could be the first state to ban the sale and installation of engineered stone, also known as quartz, as ...