Home Depot is buying specialty building products distributor GMS for $4.3 billion, the second notable acquisition in a little more than a year that emphasizes a deliberate push by the home improvement chain into building and materials supply. The acquisitions arrive as booming sales from the pandemic fade and Home Depot intensifies its focus on [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill to cut taxes and reduce federal spending on some social safety net programs could have large implications for states, but for many it’s too late to do much about it this year. Tuesday marked the start of a new budget year in 46 states. Though [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider a case about removing limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president. The justices said they will review an appellate ruling that upheld a provision of federal election law that is more than 50 years old, ignoring pleas from [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Chrysler is voluntarily recalling some of its 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to replace side curtain airbags, if needed. The recall potentially affects 250,651 vehicles, and it’s because some side curtain airbags may not hold enough pressure during deployment to limit the risk for passengers during certain types of crashes, according [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action. A federal task force sent a letter to Harvard finding the university violated civil rights laws requiring colleges to [...]
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel in a recent decision vacated a portion of a judgement against a limited-liability company that owns a duplex in the North Campus neighborhood of Columbus. The appellate panel ruled that the Franklin County Municipal Court, Environmental Division judge’s imposition of a permanent injunction against 71-73 E. Norwich Avenue [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key inflation gauge moved higher in May in the latest sign that prices remain elevated while Americans also cut back on their spending last month. Prices rose 2.3 percent in May compared with a year ago, up from 2.1 percent in April, the Commerce Department said late last week. Excluding the [...]
Nike has announced that the company is shifting some production away from China, but it also said that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will cost it about $1 billion before it makes internal changes, which include “surgical” price increases in the United States this fall. Nike is shifting production to avert looming tariffs in [...]