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Oct 1, 2024 | 
pbn.com | Joshua Siegel
The upcoming 2024 election will have a major impact on tax policy, specifically provisions created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). If Congress fails to act, many provisions of the TCJA will expire at the end of 2025. As tax planning season approaches, it is important to keep the following tax provisions in mind to limit the possible impact if these provisions expire. Click here to read more content from Citrin CoopermanIndividual Tax Changes1.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Joshua Siegel
Biomarkers are critical for advancing the development of experimental CNS therapeutics. Efforts to identify reliable drug biomarkers using resting and task fMRI have been underwhelming. Published fMRI studies have shown high variability, poor reproducibility, and lack of validated targets.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
On April 4, 1968, Sen. Robert Kennedy arrived in Indianapolis in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Kennedy was urged to cancel his rally out of fears for his safety. Kennedy ignored those pleas. Addressing a crowd unaware of the tragedy, Kennedy told them of King’s death. He implored those present to honor King’s legacy, and reject violence and retribution.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
As the state representative who represents the majority of Allentown’s Neighborhood Improvement Zone, I’m astounded by doubts about its return on investment. I see them daily and the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s recent study showed beyond question just how successful that investment has been, not just for the city, but our entire region.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
theregreview.org | Joshua Siegel
Policymakers should account for the relatively low risks of psychedelics use when deciding how to regulate them. As the “psychedelic renaissance” grows to a crescendo, the number of prominent voices weighing in on the dissenting side has also increased.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
Kofi Annan, the late secretary-general of the United Nations, once proclaimed of our children “There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace.”I think about this quote frequently, as I’ve reflected on the nature of gun violence and the ways in which we’ve failed as a commonwealth and country to protect our children from it.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 00233-6/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com | Joshua Siegel |Subha Subramanian |Nico U.F. Dosenbach |Ginger E. Nicol
A single dose of psilocybin has been shown to have persistent antidepressant effects in human clinical trials. In animal models, psilocybin induces neuroplasticity in cortex and hippocampus. Deciphering the acute and persistent effects of psilocybin on the human brain is a critical step towards better understanding the neurobiology of psychedelics.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
Of all the economic anxieties that individuals and families have experienced in recent years, there is no issue more acutely felt than the availability and attainability of housing. Nearly 80% of Lehigh Valley residents indicate that they’re concerned about housing attainability, and 53% rated the region’s housing as “not so good” or “poor.”Housing makes up the largest share of household costs, accounting for 42% of the consumer price index, our most utilized measurement of increasing costs.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
In Pennsylvania, one of county government’s most important functions is carrying out our annual elections. They handle voter registration; hire and manage poll workers; reserve polling locations; decide drop box policy; tabulate votes; and communicate election results. County election professionals are the backbone of our democracy and front-line heroes in ensuring every voter, whether by mail or in-person, can shape the future of their community, state and country.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
mcall.com | Joshua Siegel
Today there’s a pressing crisis for our cities, counties and the regions they occupy: the disruptive impact COVID has had on our downtowns, offices and the way that individuals and families evaluate the places they want to call home. This era will be defined by shifting demand for office space, new flexibility for workers and the challenges that holds for main streets and central business districts. All of this is being driven by the expansion and durability of the work-from-home dynamic.
