NEW YORK (AP) — Corri Smith is planning to hire a full-time project manager for her public relations firm and make her part-time assistant full-time. But she has a wary eye on the economy. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had some trouble in the economy. It can’t all be wonderful — something will [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration’s Market Facilitation Program is meant to compensate farmers for income they’ve lost due to the U.S. trade war with China. Data provided to The Associated Press from the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Freedom of Information Act gives some insights into where the money goes. Here’s how the program [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Coffee bars selling $3 iced lattes are popping up in high schools, helped along by dairy groups scrambling for new ways to get people to drink milk. It’s one small way the dairy industry is fighting to slow the persistent decline in U.S. milk consumption as eating habits change and rival [...]
The Columbus metro area was among the larger regions with the lowest cost of living, according to recent federal data. The 10-county area is among the largest metropolitan areas that have the lowest regional price parity, or RPP, in 2017, according the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The RPP measures the differences in price levels [...]
NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) — The Old West desert town of Needles, Calif., is where the beleaguered Joad family crossed the Colorado River into California in John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” and was a boyhood home to “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz. These days, Needles is gaining notoriety for another reason. Leaders have declared [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one unanimous show of hands, Democratic presidential candidates moved the idea of full health insurance for people who are not legally in the United States into the political mainstream. That debate night moment two weeks ago symbolized the party’s move to the left heading a primary in which most candidates are [...]
Marijuana is having a moment. Experts recently dubbed cannabis the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. Legal weed generated $10.4 billion in the United States in 2018, and the number of “plant-touching” jobs is expected to pass 500,000 by 2022, according to New Frontier Data, a cannabis market research and data analysis firm. Investors have taken [...]
Dublin-based Epcon Communities has a home for just about every empty nester in neighborhoods in 16 states, including here in Ohio. The company operates on the premise that life is meant to be lived on prospective homeowners’ terms. “That’s because we build homes with communities in mind, and with an attention to details that appeal [...]
NEW YORK — A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster in a coffee shop in Washington, D.C., all making glowing, voice-over endorsements of [...]