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Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 27, 2021. Editorial: Ohio lawmakers should resist urge to score political points by cutting income tax ...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. June 15, 2021. Editorial: Pass it: A gun safety bill even gun-rights groups support More than two...

Complaint may spur review of meat industry's virus response

By Josh Funk Apr. 07, 2021 05:42 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020 file photo, traffic passes the Boeing airplane production plant, in Everett, Wash. U.S. manufacturers expanded in March 2021 at the fastest pace in 37 years, a sign of strengthening demand as the pandemic wanes and government emergency aid flows through the economy. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
US factory activity expands at fastest pace since 1983

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 01, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Philadelphia and three other municipalities in Pennsylvania sued the state Wednesday over what they say was a covert abuse of legislative power to temporarily halt local bans or taxes on plastic bags handed out to customers by retailers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania hauled to court over blocking plastic bag bans

By Claudia Lauer And Marc Levy Mar. 03, 2021 04:44 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Erie Times-News. Feb. 17, 2021. Editorial: Pennsylvania must stop killing the Chesapeake Bay State Sen. Gene Yaw of...

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2020 12:10 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 22 The Advocate on new investments in the...

A refrigerated truck drives out of the Pfizer Manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. British officials on Wednesday authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, greenlighting the world's first shot against the virus that's backed by rigorous science and taking a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Phishing ploy targets COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort

By Frank Bajak Dec. 03, 2020 06:00 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Nov. 30, 2020 10:00 AM EST
The Detroit News. Nov. 28, 2020 Jobless agency still failing unemployed There’s not much worse than being out of work,...

Bright View Technologies, director of operations Michael Bobay, gives North Carolina Governor Roy Copper a tour of the production facility where the company makes face shields on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 in Durham, N.C. Bright View Technologies produces optical management products and began producing face shields when the COVID-19 pandemic started. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
Gov. Cooper sees chances for new jobs post-pandemic

By Adam Wagner, The News & Observer Nov. 19, 2020 04:31 PM EST

Prent Corp. to open packaging factory in New Mexico

Oct. 08, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A manufacturer of plastic packaging used for medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic plans to build its next factory in southern...

New Jersey lawmakers pass plastic, paper carryout bag ban

By Mike Catalini Sep. 24, 2020 02:21 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Single-use plastic and paper bags, as well as plastic foam containers, would be banned in New Jersey under legislation that passed the...

In this undated photo provided by Outdoor Research in September 2020, a worker handles filter material for face masks in Seattle. A key challenge for N95 mask manufacturers racing to meet spiking demand is scarcity of meltblown textile. (Gerardo Villalobos/Outdoor Research via AP)
Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

By Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, Thomas Peipert And Irena Hwang Sep. 10, 2020 12:25 AM EDT

Providence schools get donation of 20,000 face shields

Aug. 27, 2020 09:13 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island-based plastics company is donating 20,000 face shields to the Providence public schools. The shields...

Red Cross chief: cyber attacks increasing on hospitals

By Edith M. Lederer Aug. 26, 2020 07:49 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday that the frequency of sophisticated cyber attacks against...

FILE- In this March 27, 2019 file photo, plastic bags are tangled in the branches of a tree in New York City's East Village neighborhood. New York's never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store owners, but a state judge ruled Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, that state regulators went too far by allowing stores to hand out thicker plastic bags.. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NY's plastic bag ban survives lawsuit, but not unscathed

By Marina Villeneuve Aug. 20, 2020 05:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok. On Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, Prayuth reshuffled his Cabinet, with an experienced banker taking over the post of finance minister. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Cabinet reshuffle in Thailand installs new economic team

By Busaba Sivasomboon Aug. 06, 2020 07:51 AM EDT

South Korean firm quits petrochemical plant effort in Ohio

By Mark Gillispie Jul. 14, 2020 11:31 AM EDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — The prospects for construction of a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in Ohio appear to have dimmed after a U.S. subsidiary of a South...

Map uses satellite data to show global air pollution levels

Jun. 11, 2020 10:18 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency is publicly releasing satellite measurements that show up-to-date levels of air pollution around the world. ...

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from LG Polymers plant, the site of a chemical gas leakage, in Vishakhapatnam, India. A committee appointed by India’s top environmental court has blamed “gross human failure” and lack of basic safety norms for a gas leak in a South Korean-owned chemical factory this month that killed 12 people and sickened hundreds. (AP Photo/File)
Probe blames safety lapses for deadly India gas leak

May. 31, 2020 05:28 AM EDT