WASHINGTON (AP) — A rare poll of Cuban public opinion has found that most of the island’s citizens approve of normal relations with the United States and large majorities want more tourists to visit and the expansion of private business ownership. In a poll of 840 people taken in Cuba late last year by the [...]
NEW YORK — In a move to bring shoppers back to its stores, Target is embarking on an ambitious redesign aimed at helping people who need to dash in for milk to get out quickly while encouraging those who want to wander the aisles to linger. The new layout was unveiled by CEO Brian Cornell [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — As spring crocus blooms begin, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world’s most valuable spice. University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap into what they hope will be a cash crop. It’s [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A renewable energy company again faced opposition from landowners this week as it tried for the second time to win one of the final pieces of regulatory approval needed to carry wind power east from the nation’s heartland over one of the country’s longest transmission lines. Missouri utility regulators began hearing [...]
WASHINGTON — Reality is catching up with President Donald Trump. Hours after Trump dismissed reports that his campaign associates were being scrutinized for colluding with Russia as “fake news,” FBI Director James Comey confirmed the investigation is real. The FBI chief also repeatedly insisted there was no evidence to back up Trump’s explosive claim that [...]
Possibly the only remaining trace of winter in the Buckeye State this week was discussion of a bill posed by a Port Clinton lawmaker interested in allowing the state’s statutorily bound townships to advance snow and ice removal policies within their jurisdictional boundaries. Despite the calendar marking the arrival of spring, Republican Rep. Steve Arndt, [...]
A recent decision from the Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals to explain its tax valuations for two Grove City senior housing complexes in detail. In a 6-1 per curiam opinion, the high court vacated the board’s approval of a combined $1.5 million valuation of Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio [...]
To escape ordinary, sometimes bland team building exercises, many companies are looking for ideas to create a more exciting way to raise morale in the office. A growing trend for corporate team building is an escape room. Escape games are adventures where players have an hour to break out of a room by cracking codes, [...]