For the second year in a row, Rosenberg Mayor Bill Benton asked about doing parks maintenance in-house. Read more
Senior and disabled Rosenberg homeowners may soon receive larger property tax exemptions. Read more
The city of Rosenberg is in the market for a new auditor. But Mayor Bill Benton isn’t happy about how rushed this process will be. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is moving to pass a bipartisan measure to modify a new “paycheck protection” program for businesses that have suffered COVID-related losses, giving them more flexibility to use federal subsidies for other costs and extending the program for four additional months. Read more
At the Rosenberg City Council workshop meeting, Police Chief Jonathan White presented his monthly police report. Read more
Rosenberg city staff needs to work through a few things before making changes to its sign ordinance. Read more
Rosenberg City Council member Kevin Raines said the citizens deserve a treat. So when it comes to the Family Fourth Celebration, he’s all in favor of making sure it happens. Read more
Rosenberg City Council member Jacob Balderas will be a topic of discussion at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Read more
The dilemma of how to allocate million of dollars in funds given to the city faces Rosenberg City Council members at their Tuesday night workshop meeting.. Read more
A car dealership in Rosenberg might have to part ways with an oversized sign. Read more
Getting back to the way things were may still be a long way off. So Rosenberg city officials are creating a new normal — at least for the time being. Read more
Rosenberg Parks and Recreation Director Darren McCarthy wants to make sure that the city parks are up to date. Read more
Richmond city leaders are reaching out to local businesses to find out how they are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the city can do to ease their burden. Read more
Rosenberg Mayor Bill Benton has been trying to get council meetings moved back to City Hall for a little over a month. Read more
National & World Business News:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from home soil for th… Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through the health community and elevated fears that the huge crowds will lead to a new surge in cases of the coronavirus. Read more
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. auto industry’s coronavirus comeback plan was pretty simple: restart factories gradually and push out trucks and other vehicles for waiting buyers in states left largely untouched by the virus outbreak. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced what he said are “significant actions” regarding U.S. relations with Hong Kong. But the measures are still just a warning, at least for now. He said he would direct his administration to begin eliminating the policies that give the semi-… Read more
BERLIN (AP) — German flagship airline Lufthansa agreed Saturday to a compromise worked out between the government and the European Union, overcoming a major hurdle toward final approval of a 9 billion-euro ($10 billion) bailout from Berlin. Read more
On one side of this fraught moment: the president of the United States, facing multiple crises less than six months before the election. On the other: Twitter, the social media giant, which has grappled for years with how to handle its most prominent — and divisive — user. Caught in the midd… Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forbes magazine, which once declared Kylie Jenner a billionaire on its cover, says she no longer deserves the title, but Jenner is pushing back. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong’s special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government, escalating tensions… Read more
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump on Friday took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic's devastation. Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday vetoed a measure that would have overturned a policy that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued in 2019 making it harder for students to get their loans erased after being misled by for-profit colleges. Read more
Stocks closed out a solid week on Wall Street Friday with a late-afternoon rebound after worries that President Donald Trump would reignite a costly trade war with China faded. Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close due to coronavirus outbreaks have been back up and running for weeks, but production backlogs are forcing farmers to euthanize thousands of hogs that can't be processed, drawing complaints from animal welfare advocates. Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong has been living on borrowed time ever since the British made it a colony nearly 180 years ago, and all the more so after Beijing took control in 1997 and granted it autonomous status. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, saying it had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over the global organization. Read more