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A resident wearing a face mask walks under red lanterns setup for the Lunar New Year holidays in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. As China gets back to business after a muted Chinese New Year holiday that coincided with the start of the pandemic-restricted Beijing Olympic Winter Games, the feeling inside and out of the bubble in this auspicious Year of the Tiger is that festivities for the most sacred and important holiday for the country were limited and underwhelming. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

By Sally Ho And Ken Moritsugu Feb. 07, 2022 04:53 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 29, 2011, file photo is the headquarters building of Goldman Sachs, in New York. Wall Street's big investment banks are sending a message to their employees this summer: Get back into the office, and bring your vaccination card. Goldman Sachs required most of its employees to return to the office on June 14, 2021, with some exceptions extending that deadline to Sept. 30. It requires every employee to state their vaccine status, but does not require proof. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Big US banks to employees: Return to the office vaccinated

By Ken Sweet Jun. 23, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

Applications available for $1,500 bonus for taking job

Jun. 15, 2021 11:22 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers can begin filing for a $1,500 cash incentive for taking jobs during the summer effective Tuesday. The...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(Charleston) Post and Courier. May 31, 2021. Editorial: SC school district consolidations finally starting to add up. We need more still ...

Alex Krisulas of State Island N.Y. eats a slice of pizza on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, N.J. on Friday, May 21, 2021. Businesses and residents alike expect this summer at the Jersey Shore to be busier than last year as more people get vaccinated and COVID19 restrictions are scaled back or eliminated. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Busier summer seen at Jersey Shore in Year 2 of COVID-19

By Wayne Parry May. 27, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

Reemployment bonus idea advanced by NC Senate committee

By Gary D. Robertson May. 26, 2021 01:04 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With employers struggling to fill positions as post-pandemic restrictions end, North Carolina state senators advanced a proposal Wednesday...

In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a blackboard at Lindy's Seafood Inc. in Woolford, Md., displays prices for crabs, April 21, 2021. The company relies on temporary workers from Mexico hired through the U.S. Department of Labor's H-2B visa program to help process crabs during high season. The government authorized more than 12,000 H-2B workers nationwide in 2019-20 for jobs at seafood plants. (Carmen Molina Acosta/University of Maryland via AP)
COVID-19 protections not offered to migrant seafood workers

By Vanessa Sánchez Pulla, Trisha Ahmed, Brittany Nicole Gaddy, Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Carmen Molina Acosta, Sophia Sorensen And Aadit Tambe/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:36 PM EDT

Bartender Denis Angelov, of Provincetown, Mass., left, serves sparking wine to Julie Skaller, left, and her husband David Skaller, right, both of Brewster, N.Y., at Tin Pan Alley restaurant, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Provincetown. Hotels, restaurants and other businesses in tourist destinations are warning that hiring challenges during the coronavirus pandemic could force them to pare back operating hours or curtail services just as they’re eyeing a bounce-back summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Help Wanted: In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers

By Philip Marcelo Apr. 26, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden OKs more foreign seasonal workers as economy improves

By Ben Fox Apr. 20, 2021 01:38 PM EDT

Republican state Sen. Mark Moores debates legislation in the final hours of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021 in Santa Fe, N.M.. The Democrat-led Legislature has charted an economic exit from the COVID-19 pandemic and checked off progressive priorities on policing reforms, abortion rights, medical aid in dying and child poverty. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Pandemic fuels business and politics for GOP nominee

By Morgan Lee Apr. 16, 2021 05:08 PM EDT

New Hampshire to offer vaccines to all adults within weeks

By Holly Ramer Mar. 18, 2021 10:30 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — All New Hampshire adults will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in a matter of weeks, Gov. Chris Sununu said Thursday. ...

Emails show Georgia dorm contractor cut maintenance

By Jeff Amy Mar. 11, 2021 04:20 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Emails obtained by a campus workers' group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers...

In this image taken from video, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appears on Washington Post Live on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, from Santa Fe, N.M., to discuss vaccinations and her administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic. (The Washington Post via AP)
New Mexico governor signs pandemic relief bills

By Morgan Lee Mar. 03, 2021 04:57 PM EST

All Oregonians eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by July 1

By Sara Cline Feb. 26, 2021 04:33 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — All Oregonians who are 16 and older will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations no later than July 1, Gov. Kate Brown announced...

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2020 file photo Marylou Ligier takes a to-go order to a patron at her family's restaurant and pastry shop Clafoutis, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico officials say they're "tightening" the definition of essential businesses to exclude some large retailers who sell some essential supplies, as the state reports a record-high number of COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)
New Mexico Legislature approves tax holiday for restaurants

Feb. 24, 2021 11:00 PM EST

Detroit seeks to provide summer jobs for teens, young adults

Feb. 07, 2021 09:50 AM EST
DETROIT (AP) — An annual program is expected to provide summer jobs for 8,000 Detroit teenagers and young adults. ...

A woman walks in Cortina D'Ampezzo downtown, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The granite peaks that majestically encircle the northern Italian winter resort of Cortina glimmer with one of the most prolific snowfalls in years, a cruel joke of nature as Italy’s ski areas have been laid silent by the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Mountain heartbreak: Italy has deep snow, closed ski resorts

By Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:47 AM EST

California may prioritize age above all for COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 24, 2021 05:55 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advocates for farmworkers, teachers, grocery store clerks and other essential workers are worried they will have to wait until this summer...

A COVID-19 patient receives treatment in the ICU of the Hospital del Mar, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Spain's virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers

By Renata Brito Jan. 24, 2021 02:38 AM EST

FILE - A waiter wears a mask and face covering at a restaurant with outdoor seating Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, registered its sixth consecutive month of expansion in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that its index of services activity declined slightly to a reading of 55.9 last month, from a reading of 56.6 in October. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
US services sector grows for seventh consecutive month

By Matt Ott Jan. 07, 2021 10:18 AM EST