Новости за 12.01.2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says a bill that would allow developers to fill state wetlands without a permit should pass the chamber but the proposal could look different than what lawmakers have presented so far. Vos said Thursday that the bill’s chief sponsor, Majority Leader Jim Steineke, is working on changes […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana offered a $500 million incentive package in its unsuccessful bid to land a $1.6 billion joint Toyota-Mazda automobile plant that chose Alabama instead. Alabama’s offer to win the plant, which is expected to employ about 4,000 people, was valued at around $380 million. But the Advocate reports that Louisiana […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Delta Air Lines Inc., up $2.66 to $58.52 The airline said it had a solid fourth quarter as ticket prices kept rising. KB Home, up $4.23 to $38.58 Most Read StoriesDarrell Bevell fired as offensive coordinator of the SeahawksWith Steve Sarkisian apparently out […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve the nation’s budget for 2018 that assumes 3.8 percent economic growth and a deficit well within European Union requirements. The state budget approved Thursday pegs the deficit at no more than 41.5 billion zlotys ($11.8 billion) with income of 355.7 billion zlotys ($102 billion). Inflation […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill granting federal recognition to six American Indian tribes in Virginia, a move that makes the tribes eligible for federal money for education, housing and health care. The bill will now be sent to the president’s desk. It gives the Rappahannock, Monacan, Nansemond, Upper Mattaponi, Chickahominy […]

State lawmakers continue to battle a media coalition’s lawsuit accusing them of not abiding by the state Public Records Act. When the state attorney general says you’re wrong, maybe it’s time to give up the fight.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Members of New Hampshire and Rhode Island’s congressional delegations have introduced a bill that would prohibit oil and gas drilling off the coasts of New England states. The New England Coastline Protection Act would prohibit oil and gas extraction activities in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. It was […]

SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A mother and her boyfriend who were arrested in Georgia following the slaying of her 4-year-old daughter in their Michigan home have waived extradition proceedings. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Thursday that 24-year-old Candice Diaz and 28-year-old Brad Fields could be returned to Michigan in two to three weeks […]

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Vancouver, joined the state's congressional Democrats in opposing renewal of a controversial foreign intelligence law that allows spy agencies to sweep up communications from Americans.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota priest is returning to limited ministry years after pornography was found on his computer. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced Thursday that the Rev. Jonathan Shelley will return to ministry and serve people in prisons and jails. He’ll be under the direction of a deacon and […]