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Joint report: Lobbyists raked in COVID-19 contracts

14 April 2021

A new report from OpenSecrets and Public Citizen finds that firms hiring influential lobbyists raked in government contracts to fight COVID-19. [...]

GOP objectors rake in record Q1 cash

13 April 2021

Allies of former President Donald Trump in Congress continue to report record breaking fundraising. [...]

NRSC honors Trump as intra-party fight heats up

12 April 2021

The NRSC bestowed its inaugural Champion for Freedom Award on former President Donald Trump last weekend. [...]

Trump has 10 times more campaign cash than he did four years ago

9 April 2021

Former President Donald Trump has 10 times more campaign cash than he had four years ago, and he’s resuming fundraising efforts for the 2022 midterms and a potential 2024 run. [...]

McConnell battles corporate America after benefiting from business interests

8 April 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a warning to corporate America to “stay out of politics” but noted he wasn’t referring to political donations. [...]

West Virginia is offering remote workers $12,000 to move there

15 April 2021

Take me home, country...paycheck. [...]

Romney and Sinema teaming up on a proposal to raise the minimum wage

15 April 2021

Senators Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema are negotiating a bipartisan proposal to raise the minimum wage to $11. [...]

NFL star Malcolm Jenkins opens door for Black tech investors

15 April 2021

The New Orleans Saints' Malcolm Jenkins launched Broad Street Ventures to help spur tech investment by people of color. [...]

Minimum wage raise; gas prices climb: #CBSNBusiness

15 April 2021

California agrees on deal to raise minimum wage to $15 in the next 6 years; national gas average is above $2 since January. Those headlines and more from CBS MoneyWatch's Jill Wagner at the New York Stock Exchange. [...]

Unemployment claims drop to lowest level since March 2020

15 April 2021

Just over 700,000 people filed for jobless benefits last week, the lowest number of the coronavirus era. [...]

China's First Quarter Growth is Expected to Boom on Paper

15 April 2021 - Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li

The world’s traditional growth engine is expected to report a double digit first-quarter jump. But consumers and small business aren’t fully sharing in the spoils. [...]

Biden Takes On Sagging Safety Net With Plan to Fix Long-Term Care

15 April 2021 - Eduardo Porter

The proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years faces political challenges and a funding system not designed for the burden it has come to bear. [...]

Week’s unemployment claims fall to lowest level of the pandemic.

15 April 2021 - Sydney Ember

Applications for jobless claims have been stubbornly high for months, but reopenings have bolstered confidence in a dynamic recovery. [...]

Voters Like Biden's Infrastructure Plan; Taxes Are an Issue

15 April 2021 - Jim Tankersley, Ben Casselman and Emily Cochrane

A Times poll shows large majorities back spending on roads, ports, broadband and more. But Republicans aim to make corporate tax increases the issue. [...]

Hundreds of Companies Unite to Oppose Voting Rights Limits, but Others Abstain

14 April 2021 - David Gelles and Andrew Ross Sorkin

Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states. [...]