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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 21, 2021 file photo, Gary Holt, who reads bills being considered in the Washington House, wears a mask as he sits behind a plexiglass shield with reflections of state representatives meeting remotely on it, at the Capitol in Olympia Wash. The 2021 session of the Washington Legislature ended Sunday, April 25 and lawmakers had no shortage of weighty topics to consider while having to conduct their work amid a pandemic that meant most meetings and votes were conducted remotely. The Capitol building was also closed to the public since last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was surrounded by security fencing and national guard members at times due to fears of protests. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Washington's pandemic session: Remote work, weighty topics

By Rachel La Corte Apr. 26, 2021 03:52 PM EDT

California rail officials want to tap remaining bond funds

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 09, 2021 06:08 PM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials in charge of California’s slow-going high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money to finish ongoing...

FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a smoking power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned.  (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Germany says it beat 2020 goal to cut greenhouse emissions

Feb. 03, 2021 07:01 AM EST

Sales of California pollution permits rebound in 3rd quarter

Aug. 25, 2020 06:11 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sales of permits that California businesses need to emit pollution rebounded in recent months after a dip in May due to the pandemic,...