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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections, but this fall, which candidate wins a state's top executive post could be pivotal for the nation's political future. With abortion rights and immigration policies in the balance, both parties are entering the final weeks before [...]
CHURDAN, Iowa (AP) — In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn't go over well. Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health-food stores or maybe a few farmers markets. "I told my dad I wanted to be an organic farmer and he goes, 'Ha, [...]
Home sales in central Ohio crept up last month from the previous month, but sales through the first eight months of the year are down 5.4 percent compared to the first eight months of 2021, according to new figures released by Columbus Realtors. The average price of a home sold in the Columbus region slipped [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a midterm campaign season dominated by inflation, abortion and crime, there's another issue that is becoming more urgent in Western states: drought. The topic of water historically has played little to no role in campaign ads in much of the region, but funding to fight drought is coming up now [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bluntly warned in a speech last month that the Fed's drive to curb inflation by aggressively raising interest rates would "bring some pain." Today, Americans may get a better sense of how much pain could be in store. The Fed is expected at its latest meeting to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration last week announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind energy in the United States. The plan would target sites in the Pacific Ocean off the California and Oregon coasts, as well as [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is becoming increasingly difficult for some borrowers. Buy now, pay later loans allow users to pay for items such new sneakers, electronics or luxury goods in installments. Companies such as Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal have [...]
A strong job market that is expected to continue to add more jobs in the future is helping to contribute to rising rental demand in central Ohio, which is expected to result in higher rent prices in the region, according to a report from Marcus & Millichap, a real estate consulting firm. “The pace of [...]
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden earlier this weeek urged Americans to come together for a new "national purpose" — his administration's effort to end cancer "as we know it." At the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Biden channeled JFK's famed moonshot speech 60 years ago, likening the space race to his own [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation isn't only costing small businesses money. It's costing them customers as well. At the Bushwick Grind Cafe in New York’s borough of Brooklyn, Kymme Williams-Davis has raised prices and switched to different types of goods to keep up with the rising costs of milk, coffee, paper goods and plastic, as [...]