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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene. A list recently posted on the Environmental Protection Agency’s website lists 47 power providers — which operate at least 66 coal-fired plants — that are [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A political battle fit for the gridiron is underway in Ohio, where state Republican leaders are clashing over whether to single out the Cleveland Browns for help building a new suburban domed stadium or impose tax hikes to fund stadium upgrades for the Cincinnati Bengals and other teams longer term. Neither idea [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has urged Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media network, said it would be “Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has suggested he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office. The president [...]
A lawmaker duo from northeast Ohio has introduced bipartisan legislation that would require utility companies to bill Ohio consumers in a transparent and straightforward manner. Reps. Sean Brennan, D-Parma, and David Thomas, R-Jefferson, recently explained to members of the Energy Committee in the Ohio House of Representatives the justification for House Bill 158, which they’re [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — The Trump administration has taken its next steps toward imposing more tariffs on some imports, launching investigations into imports of computer chips, chip making equipment and pharmaceuticals. The Department of Commerce posted notices about the probes late Monday on the Federal Register, seeking public comment within three weeks. It had not formally [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week announced deals with five law firms that will allow them to avoid the prospect of punishment for not following executive orders. The firms would be required to provide free legal services for causes Trump’s administration supports. The White House said that the firms of Kirkland & Ellis [...]
A committee in the Ohio House of Representatives is considering bipartisan legislation to create a special partnership for the purposes of developing trade, investment and economic support — among other relationships — between the Buckeye State and Israel. House Bill 188 would create the Ohio-Israel Trade and Innovation Partnership, a 17-person commission charged with exploring [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tariff exemptions announced last week on electronics such as smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. White House officials, including President Donald Trump, spent Sunday downplaying the significance of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate, once again, was working into the early morning hours Friday with its new majority leader, Republican John Thune, setting the pace. It wasn’t until just after 2 a.m. that the last of the senators had straggled into the chamber to cast their vote on the confirmation of retired Air Force [...]