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Highlights from around the Capitol
Starting the final weekend of a legislative session that may be the last under Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Senate passed a roughly $100 billion state budget Saturday that mostly reverses historic spending cuts to public schools and squeezes most of the revenue spoils of a resurgent Texas economy. The ...
Chicago safety-net hospital lays off 68 employees
A Chicago hospital that treats a large number of uninsured patients has laid off nearly 70 employees, including emergency room nurses. Roseland Community Hospital on the city's South Side is a so-called safety-net hospital serving a primarily poor area where many people don't have any health insurance coverage. It owes ...
Lawmakers, AG seek more oversight of casino grants
Indiana officials are calling for more oversight of a public grant program that was designed to use casino revenue to spur economic development after a newspaper investigation found few jobs to show for the millions of dollars awarded. The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/10FnhIx ) reported that a Lawrenceburg grant program using ...
Auto parts maker to expand southern Illinois plant
A Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a southern Illinois plant will add 80 jobs. Aisin Electronics Illinois joined regional officials in breaking ground this week on the 108-square-foot Marion project the company expects to be completed early next year. The added space ...
Nissan marks 10th anniversary of Canton plant
On May 27, 2003, a gold Nissan Quest minivan burst through a paper barrier to the cheers of assembled workers and dignitaries in the company's new Canton plant. It was Mississippi's entry into automaking. A decade later, some workers are looking back at their changed lives and Nissan is celebrating ...
News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split
News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete. The New York-based media conglomerate also ...
ON THE FRONT LINES OF FOOD SAFETY
c.2013 New York Times News Service MOSS LANDING, Calif. — With piles of fresh strawberries beckoning consumers at markets and stores this season, an alliance of a major retailer, fruit growers and farm workers has begun a program to promote healthy produce and improve working conditions. The initiative, unfolding along ...
Auto parts supplier to invest $40M in Marysville
An auto industry parts supplier says it's investing $40 million to expand its Marysville facility and plans to add more than 350 jobs during the next three years. The Times Herald of Port Huron reports (http://bwne.ws/1aeLDtX ) the announcement was made Thursday by SMR Automotive Systems. Sai Tatineni, managing director ...
Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members. Union leaders warn that unless the problem is fixed, there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year. "It makes an ...
France won't force companies to cap executive pay
The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici ...
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