Many businesses are worried President Biden’s economic plan to raise taxes and minimum wage could hurt their companies. FOX Business’ Grady Trimble with more. Former McDonald’s CEO Ed Rensi is warning that the fight for a $15 minimum wage is directly contributing to the restaurant industry’s push toward automation. WHY […]
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Eating Our Lunch: Biden Points to China in Development Push | Political News
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in […]
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Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in global clout and capacity. It’s a national security […]
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Biden Administration Boosts Wind And Solar Ambitions Ahead Of Infrastructure Push
The Biden administration is laying the policy groundwork to boost renewable energy production ahead of unveiling an anticipated $3 trillion package to prioritize green infrastructure and curb planet-altering greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday, the Department of Energy set a new goal of slashing solar energy costs by 60% within the […]
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Democrats Prepare To Push Biden For A $10 Trillion, Decade-Long Green Infrastructure Plan
As President Joe Biden gears up to press Congress for a $3 trillion overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure, Republicans have started trying to narrow the package’s ambitions to just roads, bridges and ports. On Monday, Biden will face some new pressure on the package, but from the left. Much of […]
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California Lawmakers Push for Gender-neutral Toy Stores
California lawmakers are pushing for gender-neutral retail sections in big stores so that clothes, toys and childcare items are not separated into products traditionally marketed for boys or girls. Assembly Members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia have co-authored a new bill that would require department stores with 500 or more […]
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Push to keep BLM headquarters here to focus on Interior secretary nominee | News
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and local economic boosters plan to work on changing the mind of Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland and persuade her of the value of the Bureau of Land Management’s relocation of its headquarters to Grand Junction. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.; U.S. […]
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Native Americans push Biden to restore US national monuments that Trump reduced
When President-elect Joseph Biden takes office later this month, he will inherit an executive branch whose powers have been vastly expanded over the past four years. With that power comes the expectations of many, including Native Americans who want to see the return of once-protected lands. READ MORE STORIES ABOUT […]
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Italian Luxury Retailers Get Digital Push
The year just ended has been significantly challenging for the fashion retail industry, which had to deal with multiple lockdowns and consequently with piles of unsold merchandise. But in 2020 Italy’s top luxury stores made significant investments that, in the year ahead, should help them maintain their position among the […]
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After Decades-Long Push, It’s Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale : NPR
A polar bear with cubs in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014. Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images A polar bear with cubs in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014. Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Just two […]
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On The Money: Bipartisan group unveils two-part $908B COVID package | The push for stimulus checks | Progressives frustrated with representation in Biden Cabinet
Happy Monday and welcome back to On The Money. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you like your newsletter, you can subscribe to […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Energy issues rule allowing companies to develop own efficiency tests for products | GOP lawmakers push back on Federal Reserve’s climate risk efforts
HAPPY THURSDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE. GETTING […]
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Jill Biden To Push For Debt-Free Community College As First Lady
WASHINGTON — Dr. Jill Biden has devoted her life to the field of education, and that won’t change when she becomes first lady next month. According to a source close to her, Biden will advocate for debt-free community college. Dr. Martha Kanter, who served as under secretary of education in […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats push Biden to pick Haaland as next Interior secretary | Trump administration proposal takes aim at bank pledges to avoid fossil fuel financing | Wasserman Schultz pitches climate plan in race to chair Appropriations
TGIF! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE. MOMENTUM FOR […]
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House Democrats push Biden to pick Haaland as next Interior secretary
More than 50 House Democrats are pushing President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenRomney on Trump election tactics: ‘Difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action’ by president Biden promises federal government will pay for National Guard coronavirus work: ‘That should be paid for’ House committee chairs demand briefing from GSA head on […]
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France, Germany Push for Tighter EU Borders After Attacks | World News
By Thomas Escritt and Matthieu Protard BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what President Emmanuel Macron called the “threat of terrorism” after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice and Vienna within a month. The attacks refocused […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill | Poll: Two-thirds of voters support Biden climate plan | Biden plan lags Green New Deal in fighting emissions from homes
HAPPY TUESDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our newsletter. GOING […]
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Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill
A new bill from House Democrats turns to the oceans as a way to fight climate change, proposing to expand offshore wind while barring drilling along America’s coasts. The more than 300-page legislation is broadly billed as a “blue carbon” bill–a way to harvest clean energy while protecting fisheries and […]
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Colorado Restaurant Association Doesn’t Endorse Candidates, but Pols Push Restaurants
John Hickenlooper, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Republican Cory Gardner, was an unemployed geologist when he got the idea of starting Colorado’s first brewpub in a run-down part of downtown that had yet to be nicknamed LoDo. Hickenlooper and his partners opened the Wynkoop […]
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Cities after COVID & GM’s Electric Vehicle Push
Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about finance and economics. On the menu today: work from home, GM’s investment in Nikola, and a look at the Vegas-Wall Street pipeline. Cities in the Post-COVID Era With Labor Day now past, it will be interesting to see whether there will be […]