‘Playing with fire’These days, Mr. Panetta has swapped analogies. Like most Californians, he has fire on his mind. The former secretary of defense resides on his family’s old walnut farm […]
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Back to news homeRural Areas Without Fast Internet Connections Struggle to Find Workers
As a manufacturer of asphalt paving equipment, Weiler is exactly the type of company poised to benefit if the federal government increases spending on roads and bridges. But when Patrick […]
Rural Areas Are Looking for Workers. They Need Broadband to Get Them.
As a manufacturer of asphalt paving equipment, Weiler is exactly the type of company poised to benefit if the federal government increases spending on roads and bridges. But when Patrick […]
Colonial Pipeline Paid Roughly $5 Million in Ransom to Hackers
In a separate ransomware attack on the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, hackers said the price the police offered to pay was “too small” and dumped 250 gigabytes of the […]
Colonial Pipeline Begins Restart: Latest News on the Shutdown
Tanker trucks are moving fuel in a 12-hour trip from Houston to Atlanta. Since the largest tanker trucks hold only 250 barrels, it would take roughly 1,000 trucks to fill […]
How the Colonial Pipeline Became a Vital Artery for Fuel
That gave them an enormous competitive advantage over the East Coast refineries that imported oil from abroad or by rail from North Dakota once the shale boom there took off. […]
Biden Defends Plans to Tax the Rich
“Ultimately, his political standing is judged by the health and well-being of the economy,” said Josh Holmes, a political adviser to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader. “What […]
Why a $10,000 Tax Deduction Could Hold Up Trillions in Stimulus Funds
“I think it’s a giveaway to the rich,” she told reporters last month. “So, I do not believe in holding the entire infrastructure package hostage for a full repeal and […]
As Economy Rebounds, Manufacturers Face New Hurdles
Matt Guse would hire a dozen machinists — if only he could find them.The owner of MRS Machining, a maker of precision metal parts in rural Augusta, Wis., Mr. Guse […]
Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education
WASHINGTON — President Biden will seek new taxes on the rich, including a near doubling of the capital gains tax for people earning more than $1 million a year, to […]