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LOS ANGELES (AP) — States are racing against a deadline to challenge the map federal officials will use to divvy up the nation's largest-ever investment in high-speed internet. At stake is a share of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, part of the infrastructure measure President Joe Biden signed into law last [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major boost for President Joe Biden's pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet, the U.S. Postal Service said earlier this week it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026. The post office said it [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the economy, 2022 was a throwback year, and not in a good way. At times, it felt like the 1970s or early '80s. Inflation running rampant. The United States and its European allies engaged in a not-so-Cold War with Russia. A bleak outlook leaving people feeling sour and anxious. It wasn't [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years unable to win the job on a first-round floor vote. The increasingly real prospect of a messy fight over the speaker's gavel on Day One of the new [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The free-wheeling holiday shopper of 2021, happy to spend money to relieve some pent-up pandemic demand, has given way to a more practical consumer this year, many small business owners say. The reason: inflation. Stephanie Sala felt last year had a YOLO, or "you only live once," feel to it. People [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Lenore Angey never imagined she'd have to go back to work at age 76. With an ailing husband and the highest prices she can remember for everything from milk to gasoline, the retired school lunch worker from Cleveland now works part time as a salesperson at a local department store to cover [...]
More than half of adults say it's harder to afford the holiday gifts they want to give this year. Sixty-nine percent of them say they have seen higher prices for holiday gifts in recent months, up from 58 percent last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households. Consumer prices rose 7.1 percent in November from a year ago, the government said earlier this week. That was down sharply from 7.7 percent in October and a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Cheryl Woodard used to take her daughter and her friends to eat at a local IHOP in Laurel, Md., after their dance practice, but now they hardly go there anymore because it closes too early. "It is a little frustrating because it's not as convenient as it used [...]
Central Ohio is adding construction jobs at a faster rate than any other major metro area in Ohio, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America. In the past year, the Columbus region has added more than 2,400 construction jobs, an increase of 5 percent from a year ago. The area has [...]