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Government Narrowly Avoids Shutdown It’s that time of year in the federal government again: budgeting time. And for a while, it looked like the government […]
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A Champion Promise LeBron James may be the best basketball player in the world. But now he’s contributing something to society that’s arguably even more […]
To Tax or Not to Tax
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the growing economic tensions between the United States and China. The United States and […]
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Baseball Minor Changes Are you a minor league baseball fan? If so, get ready: there will be some changes to the game in time for the […]
Cohn Jumps Ship
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the reasons why economic advisor Gary Cohn is the latest member of the Trump […]
Trump’s Budget Proposal
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site explains the numbers behind the Trump administration’s federal budget proposal. Two weeks ago, the federal […]
Stock Market Plummets: Crisis or Capitalism?
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 1,500 points (more than 6%). This was the worst fall in six years, and at […]
YOU DECIDE: Guaranteed Basic Income
The city of Stockton, California is trying a new program to help out some of its poorest residents. It’s called Guaranteed Basic Income, or GBI. […]
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Trump’s Surprising Offer Last week, the investigation into the Trump administration’s ties to Russian tampering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election took yet another strange […]
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Big Plans for Apple in the U.S. Chances are, you own an Apple product . . . or two. But despite its popularity, Apple has […]