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Delaware House approves budget bill for upcoming fiscal year

By Randall Chase Jun. 23, 2021 05:56 PM EDT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the...

Minnesota lawmakers to hand out nearly $1B in tax cuts

By Mohamed Ibrahim Jun. 21, 2021 05:25 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After a session marked early on by talk of possible tax increases, the Minnesota Legislature was on track Monday to hand out serious tax...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will use federal funds to replenish the state's depleted unemployment insurance trust at a news conference on Friday, June 11, 2021, at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment claims is embarking on reforms aimed at improving efficiency and service, while cracking down on perpetrators of fraudulent claims with help from federal authorities. Agency staffing is being increased by 110 positions. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico state workers who skipped vacation get payout

By Morgan Lee Jun. 18, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

Georgia jobless rate falls to 4.1% in 13th straight decline

Jun. 17, 2021 06:27 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's jobless rate continued to fall in May, dropping closer to where it was before the pandemic sent it soaring to an all-time high. ...

Highlights of Connecticut budget implementation bill

Jun. 17, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate on Thursday gave final legislative passage to a wide-ranging bill that spells out details of the new, two-year ...

Man pleads guilty in $20M fraud on coronavirus aid programs

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 15, 2021 03:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man who prosecutors say tried to get $20 million in federal aid for distressed businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal...

People sit at outdoor tables at a restaurant in Soho, in London, Monday, June 14, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm Monday that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed as a result of the spread of the delta variant first identified in India. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
UK fends off demands to give workers more virus support help

By Pan Pylas Jun. 15, 2021 05:20 AM EDT

Whitmer: Spend $300M of virus aid to hike hourly wage to $15

By David Eggert Jun. 03, 2021 04:38 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday proposed spending $300 million in federal COVID-19 funding to help Michigan businesses pay workers $15...

NC House votes to do away with extra jobless benefits early

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 03, 2021 04:25 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina would do away with the $300-per-week supplemental benefits for the unemployed provided by the federal government during the...

In this undated photo provided by Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General shows Chaim "Charlie" Steg, former Regional Director of Operations at St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Steg, who oversaw the suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said. (Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General via AP).
Former nursing home manager pleas to endangering 3 residents

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 02, 2021 12:32 PM EDT

From left, economist Stephen Barnes, Senate President Page Cortez, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the four members of the Revenue Estimating Conference, talk ahead of the conference's meeting Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. The conference increased the income forecast for the current and upcoming budget years, giving lawmakers more money to spend. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Lawmakers wrap up work early on Louisiana's $38B budget bill

By Melinda Deslatte May. 27, 2021 06:48 PM EDT

Senate panel adds virus loan tax exemption to budget

May. 26, 2021 04:38 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday added language to the state budget to ensure that federal Payroll Protection Program loans...

NC Senate tax cut plan includes virus aid for businesses

By Gary D. Robertson May. 25, 2021 01:05 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A broad tax cut proposal from North Carolina Senate Republicans that began its advance in the chamber on Tuesday also contains federal...

Georgia jobless rate falls to 4.3% in 12th straight decline

May. 20, 2021 03:28 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — What a difference a year makes for Georgia's unemployment rates. In April 2020, amid a huge wave of pandemic induced layoffs...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 03:31 PM EDT
Somerset Commonwealth Journal. May 19, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to go back to work The 1971 hit song “Signs” by the...

Members of the public sit in a cafe, as pubs, cafes and restaurants in England reopen indoors under the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown, in Manchester, England, Monday, May 17, 2021. Pubs and restaurants across much of the U.K. are opening for indoor service for the first time since early January even as the prime minister urged people to be cautious amid the spread of a more contagious COVID-19 variant. (AP Photo Jon Super)
UK job market improving as lockdown measures are eased

By Pan Pylas May. 18, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, second from right, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, second from left, after a press conference Monday, May 17, 2021, in St. Paul, Minn., announcing the Legislature and Walz agreed to spend $52 billion on the next two-year budget. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Walz, legislative leaders reach $52 billion budget deal

By Steve Karnowski May. 17, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

Lawmakers OK COVID-19 spending bills; budget chief concerned

By David Eggert May. 13, 2021 03:48 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan legislators on Thursday approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief to boost pay for...

Reby sits in her home in Beni, eastern Congo, on Saturday, May 1, 2021. In 2019, she met World Health Organization Dr. Boubacar Diallo, of Canada, when he came into a mobile phone shop where she was working. He asked her to talk about “important things” with him in a hotel and gave her $100 for “transport costs,” she told the AP. “My God, a beautiful girl like you who gets $60 a month is not enough,” he said, according to Reby. “You are a big girl and if you sleep with me, you are going to be a high-ranking member of the Ebola response in Beni and you are going to receive around $800 a month.” She said she refused Diallo’s offer, but continued to see him when he came into her shop. “From that day on, he always called me the difficult girl,” she said. (AP Photo/Kudra Maliro)
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo

By Maria Cheng And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro May. 12, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

Reby sits in her home in Beni, eastern Congo, on Saturday, May 1, 2021. In 2019, she met World Health Organization Dr. Boubacar Diallo, of Canada, when he came into a mobile phone shop where she was working. He asked her to talk about “important things” with him in a hotel and gave her $100 for “transport costs,” she told the AP. “My God, a beautiful girl like you who gets $60 a month is not enough,” he said, according to Reby. “You are a big girl and if you sleep with me, you are going to be a high-ranking member of the Ebola response in Beni and you are going to receive around $800 a month.” She said she refused Diallo’s offer, but continued to see him when he came into her shop. “From that day on, he always called me the difficult girl,” she said. (AP Photo/Kudra Maliro)
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo

By Maria Cheng And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro May. 11, 2021 02:51 PM EDT