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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

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces her decision to sign a law that legalizes recreational marijuana outside the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, April 12, 2021. The Democratic governor described the law as a victory for social justice and a potential boon for economic development. Her decision makes New Mexico the seventh state since last November to legalize adult possession and sales of cannabis for recreational use. The legislation gives the governor strong oversight through the governor's appointed superintendent of the Regulation and Licensing Department. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico labor agency defends tax rates for unemployment

By Morgan Lee Apr. 20, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, announces a bipartisan budget agreement to allocate $3.9 billion in federal funding that the state expects to receive through the American Rescue Plan Act during a news conference with legislative leaders on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Annapolis. House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Democrat, is standing left, and Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Democrat, is standing right. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Hogan, legislative leaders, outline $3.9B in federal relief

By Brian Witte Mar. 31, 2021 03:30 PM EDT

FILE - This June 23, 2019, file photo shows Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Casino giant Caesars Entertainment is putting its losses due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 at more than $2 billion — and is suing a long list of insurance carriers it says are balking at paying its business interruption costs. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Caesars puts pandemic losses at $2B, wants insurers to pay

By Ken Ritter Mar. 25, 2021 07:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett is encouraging investors to maintain their faith in America’s economy and the businesses his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate owns. In a letter to his shareholders Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, Buffett hardly mentioned the coronavirus that ravaged many businesses last year, saying American business will thrive over time despite the pandemic. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Warren Buffett again encourages investors to bet on America

By Josh Funk Feb. 27, 2021 09:59 AM EST

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs the first bill to be signed into law during the 2021 legislative session, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The measure increases the minimum weekly benefit for unemployed workers during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and prevents a dramatic increase in unemployment taxes paid by businesses. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Washington governor signs bill to help workers, businesses

By Rachel La Corte Feb. 08, 2021 03:14 PM EST

House passes unemployment bill to help workers, businesses

Jan. 29, 2021 07:57 PM EST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Legislature on Friday passed a measure that would prevent a dramatic increase in unemployment taxes paid by businesses and...

NY Assembly to pass bills protecting workers, small business

By Marina Villeneuve Jan. 26, 2021 10:51 AM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's Democratic-led Assembly plans to pass legislation Tuesday to help workers and small businesses financially survive the...

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and his wife Franki Roberts attend the dedication ceremony for the monument dedicated to Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Washington. Sen. Pat Roberts, delivered his farewell speech on the Senate floor Dec. 10, 2020 after 40 years in Congress. Roberts, is winding down a Washington career that spans ten presidencies, beginning in 1967 as an aide to two Kansas Republicans, Sen. Frank Carlson and later Rep. Keith Sebelius. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File)
Kansas' Sen. Roberts exits Congress after a half century

By Bryan Lowry Dec. 23, 2020 10:29 AM EST

Virginia policy change offers employers $200M in tax relief

By Sarah Rankin Dec. 22, 2020 04:01 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State officials announced a temporary policy change Tuesday that will provide about $200 million in payroll tax relief next year to...

People protesting the health orders of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham stand outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M. The Capitol, which houses the offices of the governor and the legislature, was closed to the public at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Legislators are meeting Tuesday to pass an economic relief bill. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Vaccine alone won't save New Mexico hospitals, leaders say

By Cedar Attanasio And Morgan Lee Dec. 07, 2020 03:53 PM EST

FILE- In this Oct. 28, 2014, file photo people shop at the Century 21 Department Store in Philadelphia. Century 21 Stores - a destination for bargain hunters looking for fat deals on designer dresses and shoes for nearly 60 years - has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is winding down its business, including all multiple stores across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Bargain chain Century 21 to shut down after nearly 60 years

By Anne D'innocenzio Sep. 10, 2020 10:08 AM EDT

Nick Gavrilides, the owner of the Soup Spoon, works at one of his two restaurants in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, July 16, 2020. Restaurants, bars and other merchants struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic are desperately reaching out for a lifeline from insurers that in turn contend they are being miscast as potential saviors. In one of the first decisions issued on that question, a Michigan state judge sided with an insurer's rejection of a claim for $650,000 for two months of losses that Gavrilides said he suffered at two restaurants. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Struggling merchants, insurers battle over pandemic coverage

By Michael Liedtke Jul. 28, 2020 08:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2020, file photo, an empty Parkview Field minor league baseball stadium is viewed in downtown Fort Wayne, Ind. Minor league umpires are out of jobs so far and maybe all year with no minor league seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Mike Moore/The Journal-Gazette via AP, File)
MiLB teams sue insurance providers over denied virus claims

By Jake Seiner Jun. 23, 2020 02:16 PM EDT

In this Friday, May 8, 2020, photo, after nearly two months of the stay-at-home coronavirus pandemic mandate, Bourbon Street in the New Orleans French Quarter is completely empty. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Bid to force interruption insurance to cover virus shelved

By Melinda Deslatte May. 13, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett will hold a drastically scaled-back version of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting on Saturday, May 2, 2020, because of the coronavirus outbreak. No shareholders will be allowed at this year's online meeting, but Buffett will still offer some commentary during a brief question-and-answer session at the event. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Buffett remains optimistic about future despite coronavirus

By Josh Funk May. 02, 2020 10:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2005 file photo, a customer enters the Billy Goat Tavern under Chicago's Michigan Ave. The once-busy diner tucked below a Michigan Avenue overpass in Chicago famously inspired a Saturday Night Live skit starring John Belushi and Bill Murray as short-order cooks. But the money the Billy Goat Tavern is losing now due to state-imposed business closures during the coronavirus outbreak is no joke. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Legal battles loom as businesses hit by virus sue insurers

By Michael Tarm Apr. 23, 2020 05:27 AM EDT