Category Archives: Business
Germany’s climate-focused Greens elect new leadership duo
VIENNA (AP) — Germany’s Greens party elected a new leadership team Saturday that vowed to continue fighting for the party’s core issues, especially combating climate change, as it adjusts to its role in Germany’s new governing coalition.
Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes.
Court ruling gives Biden chance for reset on climate policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a federal judge rejected an administration plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling.
Italian minister: Climate talks include fund governance
MILAN (AP) — Government officials and diplomats from the world’s most climate-polluting nations are grappling with the issue of how to govern the vast funds being pledged to fight global warming, Italy’s climate minister said Friday.
Alaska lawmakers hire law firm to investigate CEO firing
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska legislative committee is hiring a law firm to investigate the firing of the former head of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.
Getting an F: Alabama city’s new logo stirs strong feelings
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Some residents think a northern Alabama city's new logo might be sending the wrong message. Florence's new logo uses the first three letters
Minister optimistic P.E.I. potato shipments to Puerto Rico could resume soon
FREDERICTON — The federal agriculture minister is optimistic the United States could approve the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the key market of Puerto Rico within weeks. Marie-Claude Bibeau and Island MP Lawrence MacAula...
Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in a portion of the state around Yellowstone National Park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of the animals shot or trapped after
Federal government posts $73.7B deficit for April-to-November period
OTTAWA — The federal government ran a budget deficit of $73.7 billion for the April to November period of the current fiscal year. The Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $232 billion in the same period a
After huge pandemic losses, governments see rapid rebound
State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many are now awash in record amounts of money, boosted partly by federal aid.
