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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday secured the blessing of several business leaders on his economic agenda that has stalled in the Senate, part of an effort to restart some momentum for the nearly $2 trillion in spending and tax increases that he's proposed.
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Whether it's intentional or not, saying those three words in response to "Black Lives Matter" minimizes the current struggle Black people face against systemic racism, CNN's Omar Jimenez says.
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Business
- Biden gets CEO support for economic agenda
- Boeing posts $4 billion loss tied to problems with 787 jet
- Fed plans to raise rates as soon as March to cool inflation
- Stocks rise after Federal Reserve signals rate hike 'soon'
- General Motors to add 8,000 technical workers this year
- UK government holds breath as it awaits 'partygate' report
Local News
The George Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students from Fort Bend County who have enrolled or plan to enroll at a public two- or four-year college or university in Texas. Read more
The Rosenberg City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss, among other items, the 2022 sidewalk repair and replacement project.
Local Crime
State
- Feds charge Texas man with selling gun used to take hostages
- Justice Department files charges against man accused of selling gun to suspect who held hostages in Texas synagogue
- Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick
- Man sought in fatal shooting of Houston-area deputy arrested
- North Carolina AG sues company over scam phone calls
- Man accused of stabbing K-9 arrested after dad's body found
- No Trump endorsement? Senate hopeful enlists other GOP stars
- Judge says BNSF unions can't strike over new attendance rule
National
- Labor authority tries again to end immigration judges union
- Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling
- Feds charge Texas man with selling gun used to take hostages
- Justice Department files charges against man accused of selling gun to suspect who held hostages in Texas synagogue
- Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick
- Navy discharges 1st active duty sailors for vaccine refusal
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Don’t judge Jabari Smith by his most recent game.
The Purdue University Boilermakers and the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits are set for a three-game series at Constellation Field Feb. 18-20. Read more
The Rosenberg Development Corporation helped council seal a $181,962 bid to Reliant Sand and Construction for rough cut mowing services along I-69 from FM 762 to Spur 10.
