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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois state Rep. Travis Weaver remembers how surreal it felt having Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram sit a few rows behind him in a political science class. He will never forget the pure joy in Alabama every time the Crimson Tide rolled to the national championship, either. Weaver was there for two [...]
A West Chester lawmaker said he believes Ohioans who are paid on-demand via an employer’s agreement with an earned wage access provider or who seek a short-term advance in pay through a smartphone app would benefit from some regulation of these services. Republican Sen. George Lang said the state currently has no oversight of the [...]
President Donald Trump’s administration is terminating grants for two clean-energy projects and approximately 300 others funded by the Department of Energy are in jeopardy. The DOE is canceling two awards to a non-profit clean-energy think tank, RMI in Colorado, according to a document from the agency confirming the cancellations that was reviewed by The Associated [...]
SCHOENEICHE, Germany (AP) — The federal government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs. Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden are among the nations the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approached to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department leadership is proposing combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws as part of a restructuring of the department, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seeks feedback on a reorganization plan that would combine the Drug [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved last week to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across the federal government, citing authority granted him under a 1978 law. The order, signed without public fanfare, will impact much of the federal government. Affected agencies include the departments of State, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees as an inefficient “sprawling [...]
The sponsors of a bill that prescribes phasing out the current state income tax structure and replacing it with a flat tax recently shared details of the legislation with committee members at the Ohio House of Representatives. House Bill 30 would phase out the state income tax applicable to non-business income and replace it with [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — The United States this week added dozens of companies to its export control list, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes. Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — A growing number of states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures. Senators in Georgia earlier this week voted 54-2 to give final approval to a bill that would ban students in grades K-8 from using phones or other personal [...]