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FILE - In this May 4, 2021, file photo is the Federal Reserve building in Washington.The Federal Reserve says it will start selling off the holdings of one of its emergency lending programs created last year to stabilize financial markets at the height of the pandemic crisis. The Fed announced Wednesday, June 2, it will begin winding down the portfolio of the Secondary Corporate Credit Facility, which at the close of last year held $14.2 billion in assets. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Fed to sell off assets from an emergency loan program

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 02, 2021 04:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan in Washington. Last year’s coronavirus-triggered market turmoil exposed vulnerable areas in the U.S. economy that need to be addressed by the nation's top-level financial supervisory group, Yellen said Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Yellen says regulatory panel to look at 2020 market turmoil

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 31, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell says the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has progressed more quickly than expected. But still, he says the central bank does not intend to let up in its support efforts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Powell says economy recovering but Fed support still needed

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 22, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

This Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, photo shows the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, N.C. The Raleigh Diocese collected at least $11 million from the federal government’s small business emergency relief program. Yet during the fiscal year that ended in June 2020, overall offerings were down just 5% and the assets available to the diocese, its parishes and schools increased by about $21 million to more than $170 million, AP found. In another measure of fiscal health, the diocese didn’t draw on a $10 million line of credit. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid

By Reese Dunklin And Michael Rezendes Feb. 04, 2021 01:24 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb. 1, 2021. Editorial: After barely surviving 2020, Pa.’s democracy might not survive the Republican effort to...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 02:47 PM EST
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Jan. 13 Time to get youngest students back to school A survey of students, parents...

Shaheen: Many still have unprocessed 2019 tax returns

Jan. 10, 2021 04:22 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire says she's hearing from “numerous" constituents who say their 2019 tax returns haven't been...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 05:18 PM EST
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Dec. 29 Daily vaccination updates is the right thing The world’s scientists have completed...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 03:48 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 29 The Post and Courier...