JEFFERSON CITIY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House on Thursday overwhelmingly defeated a congressional redistricting plan passed by the state Senate, intensifying a standoff that could eventually force the courts to intervene to draw new voting districts.Although Missouri has large Republican majorities in both legislative chambers, a conservative coalition has split with GOP leaders over…Continue Reading
HENRICO, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer who had recently completed his training was killed and another officer was critically injured in a three-vehicle crash.A third person was also critically hurt late Wednesday and a fourth person was treated and released from a hospital following the crash along U.S. 301.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that…Continue Reading
CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Macy’s Inc. announced plans Thursday to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in central North Carolina that ultimately will employ about 2,800 people.The department store and online retail giant said in a news release that it will invest $584 million in the project in China Grove, located in…Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters.The law tightened rules on mailed ballots, drop boxes and other popular election methods — changes that made it more difficult…Continue Reading
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved electoral law amendments that critics maintain could pave the way to election fraud and aim to curtail an opposition alliance’s chances of wresting control of the house in the next elections.Parliament endorsed the changes by a show of hands after a three-day debate. The reforms were…Continue Reading
DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices.The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Biden will also ask Congress to penalize oil…Continue Reading
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are poised to approve the largest pay raises in a generation for experienced public school teachers in an effort to keep educators from leaving state classrooms.The Alabama Senate voted 32-0 Thursday for the budget that would raise minimum salaries for teachers with nine or more years experience. The raises…Continue Reading
March 31, 20227:50 PM UTCLast Updated ago1 minute readU.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks during a news conference in Washington, U.S. March 10, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via REUTERSRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday said a small number of outstanding issues remain…Continue Reading
If you’re shopping for a new vehicle right now, good luck finding what you want — especially at a reasonable price.The personal consumption expenditure index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred monthly measure of inflation, hit 6.4 percent in February — the fastest rate of growth for that measure since 1982. While expenditures on automobiles declined overall last…Continue Reading
An expiring federal program that has offered free meals to all schoolchildren during the pandemic and loosened requirements for what they must be fed will be back on the table if newly proposed legislation is passed.A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday in the Senate seeks to keep the initiative going by extending federal waivers that have…Continue Reading
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