Category Archives: Economy
Louisiana lawmakers: Strain too slow on medical marijuana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain came under fire Thursday from state lawmakers who complained his regulatory agency was moving too slowly in expanding the medical marijuana products available to patients.
López Obrador keen to engage Trudeau on Indigenous reconciliation challenges
OTTAWA — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is keen to engage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on finding ways to heal relations with Indigenous Peoples in his country, says the Mexican ambassador to Canada. López Obrador says Canada and Mexico can sha...
2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election interference aimed at intimidating American voters during last year's presidential race and undermining confidence that the results of the contes...
Churchill Downs picked to build western Indiana casino
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The company that runs the Kentucky Derby has been picked to take over the stalled project to build a casino in the western Indiana city of Terre Haute.
Divided House debates Dems’ expansive social, climate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided House finally launched debate Thursday on Democrats' expansive social and environment bill, with party leaders hoping that cost estimates expected from Congress' top fiscal analyst would nail down moderate lawmakers' votes a...
House moves toward OK of Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats brushed aside months-long divisions and approached House passage of their expansive social and environment bill late Thursday, as President Joe Biden and his party neared a defining win in their drive to use their control of...
Canadian Medical Association urges federal government to protect health-care workers
OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to fulfil its promise to support health-care employees amid continuing online harassment of physicians and other workers. The medical association is also calling on social media...
Phone companies must allow texting new ‘988’ suicide line
U.S. communications regulators will require that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new “988” number for the suicide-prevention hotline.
GOP paints Biden’s choice for bank regulator as radical
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice to become one of the top banking regulators endured a contentious nomination hearing Thursday, with Republican senators warning she would nationalize the U.S. banking system and Democrats saying she's emin...
So far, little fraud evident in rental assistance programs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After watching scammers make off with more than $20 billion in fraudulent California unemployment benefits during the pandemic, state housing officials were wary of a repeat when the federal government poured money into the st...
