Tag: Government finance
Cash payments take center stage in Newsom’s 1st recall ad
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As both summer and the scheduling of a recall election date loom, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make sure Californians know...
Impatient Democrats prepare to go-it-alone on infrastructure
WASHINGTON — Patience running thin, Democratic leaders are laying the groundwork for a go-it-alone approach on President Joe Biden's big jobs and families infrastructure...
Germany buys Dubai asset data in fight against tax evasion
BERLIN — Germany's finance minister has ordered the purchase of data on Germans with assets in Dubai as part of efforts to combat tax...
Senators would stop ‘micropolitan’ label for 144 US cities
Some lawmakers are trying to stop 144 U.S. cities from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas" as the federal government updates its standards, doubling...
Yellen: administration is watching inflation closely
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured Congress that the recent jump in inflation is being monitored very carefully by the Biden administration, but...
White House gives infrastructure talks a week to reach deal
WASHINGTON — The White House plans to give the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations another week to 10 days before assessing next steps, which could include...
GOP operative’s pick for broadcasting board prompts concern
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's nomination of a Republican Party operative to a public broadcasting oversight board has prompted concern about...
GM exec: company to announce more battery plants this week
DETROIT — The president of General Motors says his company plans to announce more U.S. battery factories later this week.
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Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana legislators scrambled in the final days of their session to make decisions on spending the state’s $3 billion share of the...
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two...