Tag: Government business and finance
Penny dreadful: Georgia man receives final paycheck in coins
ATLANTA — A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job in November.
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German firm plea, $50M payment settles US drug purity probe
LAS VEGAS — An international pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty as planned Tuesday in a U.S. court after agreeing to pay $50 million for destroying...
Alternatives to nursing homes get $12B boost in COVID bill
WASHINGTON — With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief bill is offering states a generous funding...
German Cabinet approves 2022 budget plan with more new debt
BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved 2022 budget plans that will see rules against running up new debt suspended for the third consecutive...
Congress questions Texas officials about power grid failure
DALLAS — Congress is looking into last month’s massive and deadly power outages across Texas and questioning officials who oversee the state’s energy...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
UK jobs market shows further resilience during lockdown
LONDON — Britain's jobs market showed further resilience in February even though the country has been in one of the world's most stringent lockdowns,...
California bill aims to jumpstart ‘microstamps’ on handguns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California's unique law requiring individual...
White House drops Interior nominee after Murkowski objects
WASHINGTON — The White House is withdrawing its planned nomination of Elizabeth Klein to become deputy secretary at the Interior Department amid opposition from...
