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Month: October 2021
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HILL: Joe Manchin is no budget hero — but Kyrsten Sinema might be
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin pretty much stuck a fork in the Radical Left-Wing Progressive Socialists’ (RLWPS, for short) aggressive and dangerous spending agenda when he announced that he would not support their so-called “human […]
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Category 5: Jarvis, roster battles, Lehner and more from Hurricanes camp
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes’ penultimate preseason game, Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Nashville at PNC Arena, may have further clouded the biggest unanswered questions the team has heading into next week’s start of the […]
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Cooper, legislative leaders agree to energy compromise
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and the leaders of both majority and minority parties at the N.C. House and Senate released identical press statements on Friday, Oct. 3 announcing a bipartisan agreement on the direction […]
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US resumes Afghan refugee flights after measles shots
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Afghan refugees will soon be arriving again in the U.S. after a massive campaign to vaccinate them against measles following an outbreak that caused a three-week pause in evacuations, officials said Monday. […]
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From paints to plastics, a chemical shortage ignites prices
In an economy upended by the coronavirus, shortages and price spikes have hit everything from lumber to computer chips. Not even toilet paper escaped. Now, they’re cutting into one of the humblest yet most vital […]
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US auto sales slump, stalled by car computer chip shortage
DETROIT — In a normal month before the pandemic, Con Paulos’ Chevy dealership in Jerome, Idaho, sold around 40 new vehicles. In September, it was only six. Now he’s got nothing new in stock, and […]
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US trade deficit hits record $73.3 billion in August
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. trade deficit increased to a record $73.3 billion in August as a small gain in exports was swamped by a much larger increase in imports. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday […]
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Liz Weston: How to have a retirement worth saving for
Most advice about retirement planning focuses on how to save enough money to replace your paycheck. But work provides us with a lot more than income. Many of us get a sense of meaning, accomplishment […]
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