President Biden and Vice President Harris met on Feb. 27, 2024, with congressional leaders to find a way to avoid a shutdown.
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Congress is again on the brink of a government shutdown less than four months after the last close call.
Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre addresses the group’s members in 2022.
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The jury’s verdict followed years of allegations that the gun group’s top official and other leaders were spending money meant to benefit its members on their own luxuries.
ExxonMobil has been granted nearly $580 million in tax abatements in Louisiana since 2000.
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Louisiana’s governor made it easier for companies to receive property tax breaks – and schools will likely pay the price.
Despite the popular guidance, marriage can be an economic risk for single parents with unstable partners.
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Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
A sign in Laredo, Texas, reminds motorists not to smuggle guns into Mexico.
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Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad.
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s campus in East Baton Rouge Parish, left, received millions in tax abatements to the detriment of local schools, right.
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An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
Major stock indexes were hitting or nearing records in February 2024, as they were in early 2020 when this TV chyron appeared.
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The S&P 500 topped 5,000 on Feb. 9, 2024, for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average will probably hit a new big round number soon too.
Is that really a stamp of approval?
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Most people don’t know what these labels really mean − and advertisers take advantage of that fact.
Sergio Perez of Oracle Red Bull Racing, right, and Charles Leclerc of the Scuderia Ferrari team compete in the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Nov. 19, 2023.
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With big events drawing a growing share of of tourism dollars, F1 offers a potential glimpse of the travel industry’s future.
Hundreds protested peacefully in Immokalee, Fla., against a state law enacted in 2023 that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants.
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Despite widespread fears about immigrants being a burden, even those arriving as asylum applicants are more likely to work than the US-born population.
Everything old is new again.
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This seemingly cutting-edge technology isn’t entirely new to our century.
He’s not alone.
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Think the norm is to join the workforce straight after school, work for five decades and then retire? Think again.
Money-saving tip for couples: Consider buying these in August instead.
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Coming to grips with the economics of roses can be a thorny issue.
Bullying at work often includes a power imbalance.
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You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.
There is such a thing as a win-win deal.
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‘Winning’ in negotiations isn’t always the best approach.
Black travelers want to see the travel industry embrace their full identities.
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Black travelers want the tourism industry to recognize their full identity. That will require more than procedural checkboxes and targeted advertising.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, testifies before Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, right, in a courtroom sketch.
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Musk can’t dodge this ruling by moving Tesla’s incorporation to Texas.
When will Fed Chair Jerome Powell lower the curtains on the inflation battle?
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The central bank is ‘really in risk management mode,’ its chairman said.
Millions of dollars go into each Super Bowl ad.
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Marketers are increasingly focused on reaching narrow audiences – but when it comes to mass appeal, the Super Bowl doesn’t miss.
Scholars interviewed people living near the University of Colorado Hospital to assess whether it’s a good neighbor.
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Standards are vague, and the IRS, which is tasked with enforcement, hasn’t provided much oversight.
Hyundai and Amazon announced a big partnership in November 2023.
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The ‘everything store’ doesn’t offer every type of car, at least not yet. But a pilot program could still be a step toward online auto sales.
UAW President Shawn Fain, left, clasps hands with President Biden after endorsing his bid for reelection.
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In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.
Old media, meet new.
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It may seem extreme, but there’s a reason the law allows it.
Members of the faculty union of the California State University system walk a picket line in December 2023.
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Because the economy gained 3 million jobs in 2023, unions had to draw hundreds of thousands of new members just to hold their ground.
Not very welcoming.
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A cashless economy is a less inclusive economy.