The Ohio Senate has yet to take up a bill approved in the Ohio House of Representatives last week that would add hospital police officers to the definition of a peace officer. Filed as House Bill 236, Farmersville Republican Rep. Todd Smith said he devised the bill after learning a constituent hospital police officer who [...]
MIAMI — The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates. Short on support and money and bound by tough party rules, once soaring politicians may soon be [...]
Central and southern Ohio small businesses received $2.2 billion in prime federal contracts for the fiscal year of 2018, the U.S. Small Business Administration Columbus District Office announced last week. The office covers 60 counties in the region. The U.S. SBA awarded a total $102.8 billion in such contracts across the nation, making up 25.05 [...]
LONDON — Sand dunes on a golf course owned by President Donald Trump’s family may lose their legally protected status after being severely affected by the course’s construction. Scottish Natural Heritage, which monitors the country’s sensitive and scientifically important sites, said there was no longer a reason to designate the sand dunes at Menie as [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten straight years of growth. Unemployment at a five-decade low. Higher wages for the poorest workers. The economic expansion that just became America’s longest on record didn’t produce an especially fast pace of growth. It didn’t narrow the vast gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else. But the expansion has lasted [...]
OPAL, Va. (AP) — Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania. He’d reached the maximum number of hours in a day he’s allowed to be on duty. Francois couldn’t leave the truck unattended. So he parked and climbed into the sleeper berth in the [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It was called the “The Sewing Circle,” an unlikely name for a secret subsect of Navy SEALs. Its purpose was even more improbable: A chat forum to discuss alleged war crimes they said their chief, a decorated sniper and medic, committed on a recent tour of duty in Iraq. The WhatsApp [...]
The most important thing you can say to a new hire may well be: “Have you signed up for the 401(k) yet?” An astounding 3 out of 10 workers don’t know whether their employers offer retirement plans, according to a survey by research firm Morning Consult for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. “That [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers struggling under the financial strain of his trade dispute with China, the payments were capped. But many large farming operations had no trouble finding legal ways around them, records provided to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act [...]