Tag: Government and politics
WH aims to help consumers by stepping up business oversight
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing an executive order to improve opportunities for consumers and small businesses by stepping up oversight of areas...
Census Bureau dodges challenge to controversial privacy tool
The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday dodged a challenge for now to its use of a controversial statistical method aimed at keeping people’s data...
Minnesota lawmakers pass modest police accountability bill
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Senate approved a modest set of police accountability measures early Wednesday that's part of a broader public safety budget bill,...
Buttigieg doles out transport grants with eye toward climate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg doled out $905 million in infrastructure grants Wednesday, including to repair a cracking bridge in Seattle during a crippling heat...
California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hate crime in California surged 31% in 2020, fueled mainly by a big jump in crimes targeting Black people during a...
Former South Carolina lawmaker suspended from Pentagon job
MARION, S.C. — A former South Carolina state lawmaker and failed congressional candidate has been placed on leave from her Pentagon job during a...
Health worsens of minority Polish leader in Belarus prison
WARSAW, Poland — An official in Poland said Wednesday that the health of a Polish minority leader being held in a Belarus prison has...
Infrastructure, low tax are priority for V4 leader Hungary
WARSAW, Poland — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Wednesday that investment and developing infrastructure facilitated by low tax are the main goals for...
US judge apologizes for ‘partisan’ comments on Trump pardons
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A federal judge in Iowa admitted wrongdoing and publicly apologized for comments ridiculing former President Donald Trump for issuing a...
Youth of the pandemic revisited: Hopeful, resilient, nervous
A young woman in California, newly vaccinated, flashes a smile and a peace sign as she poses for a prom photo with her pals....