Apr 02 March hiring accelerated to 916K, yet many jobs remain lost By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. Continue reading
Apr 01 Groups rush to get Florida farmworkers vaccinated By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Farmworkers were denied priority access in Florida, unlike other states. Advocates are asking the state and counties to quickly mobilize to areas such as Homestead, south of Miami, and Immokalee, east of Naples. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Southern California shooter that killed 4 identified In our news wrap Thursday, police in Southern California identified the man who allegedly shot and killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, on Wednesday. The White House said a problem with Johnson and Johnson's supply of COVID-19 vaccines will… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 8:56 Energy Sec. Granholm: Focus on renewable energy will protect U.S. ‘manufacturing backbone’ President Biden's infrastructure proposal includes hundreds of billions of dollars to address climate change by cutting emissions and increasing the use of clean energy, which critics say amounts to a version of the Green New Deal proposal released by Rep. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 7:28 Rep. Davis says Pelosi, Schumer not for bipartisanship on infrastructure plan The Biden administration's plans to spend hundreds of billions to address climate change as part of the latest infrastructure package has been likened to The Green New Deal proposal released by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.,… Continue watching
Apr 01 What advocates and lawmakers are doing to address growing anti-Asian hate crimes By Candice Norwood Public officials are facing mounting pressure to prevent and address the roots of racist violence. Continue reading
Apr 01 Supreme Court upholds FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They also limited how many radio and TV stations one company could own in a single market… Continue reading
Apr 01 U.S. allows 2 more over-the-counter COVID-19 home tests By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration decision this week is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have recommended for months. Continue reading
Apr 01 WATCH: Biden holds first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden used his first Cabinet meeting to promote his new infrastructure plan, but the gathering had a very different look and tone from those held by his predecessor. Continue reading
Apr 01 Biden infrastructure plan would spend $16 billion to clean up old mines, oil wells By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden’s plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines. Continue reading