Jun 01 Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Houston residents and officials are seething over a Texas agency's decision to not award the city a single cent of the initial $1 billion in federal flood mitigation funding the state was promised following Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Continue reading
Jun 01 Greece, Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates By Derek Gatopoulos, Lorne Cook, Associated Press The certificates are being issued to people who are fully vaccinated as well as those have already contracted the virus and developed antibodies and others who have had a PCR test within the last 72 hours. Continue reading
Jun 01 OPEC to increase oil output as global economy recovers By David McHugh, Associated Press Saudi Arabia's energy minister, the de facto leader among member countries, said that there were still "clouds on the horizon" despite recovering demand and the economy rebound in many countries. Continue reading
May 31 China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 8:56 Asian business districts hope for recovery after shutdown, racist attacks By Laura Fong, Mori Rothman Even before COVID-19 forced non-essential businesses across America to shut down, Asian business districts like Chinatown in NYC, were already seeing a decline in revenue because of anti-Asian sentiment. More than a year later, as shops and restaurants begin to… Continue watching
May 28 Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday By David Koenig, Associated Press Americans are hitting the road in near-record numbers at the start of the holiday weekend. More than 1.8 million people went through U.S. airports Thursday. Continue reading
May 28 CEO pay rises to $12.7 million even as pandemic ravages economy By Stan Choe, Associated Press The median pay package for a CEO at an S&P 500 company hit $12.7 million in 2020, according to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press. Continue reading
May 27 Biden budget to run $1.8 trillion deficit to finance spending plans By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The whopping deficit projections are being driven by Biden's costly plans for infrastructure and social spending, along with major new investments in domestic Cabinet agencies. Continue reading
May 27 GOP offers $928 billion on infrastructure, funded with COVID aid By Lisa Mascaro, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The Republicans want to tap unused COVID-19 money to help pay for it. But the White House has panned that approach, saying states and small businesses still need those dollars. Biden prefers raising the corporate tax rate. Continue reading
May 27 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure plan in Cleveland By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on his proposed $1.7 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan Thursday at Cuyahoga County Community College in Cleveland. Continue reading