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At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.

CUNY announced this week that it is using federal coronavirus relief funds to wipe out up to $125 million in unpaid debt and fees for more than 50,000 students who were enrolled during the pandemic.

Getting Americans off the unemployment rolls and back into the labor force is the key to America’s economic recovery, Ohio’s Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told FOX Business on Friday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for companies to end remote work and bring staff back to the office by Labor Day in order to support local businesses, or New York City will suffer.

A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the Ohio state government after residents filed a lawsuit over a decision to end participation in a pandemic-related federal unemployment assistance program.

Ford Motor Co. revved up surprise second-quarter profits this year – powered by climbing pickup and SUV prices even as a global computer chip shortage forced it to pump the brakes on production.

Glenrock, population 2,600, is one of four towns under consideration for Bill Gates' TerraPower nuclear plant

The United Auto Workers union says it got $1.1 million for a lakefront house in northern Michigan that was being built for former president Dennis Williams, who was sentenced to prison in a federal corruption probe.

New York City's largest public employee union pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio's requirement that all city employees be vaccinated or face weekly COVID-19 tests by mid-September.

Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson PLC abandoned a more than $30 billion tie-up to create the world’s largest insurance broker.

A U.S. appeals court reversed its decision and let stand a lower court order prohibiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from enforcing coronavirus restrictions on Florida cruise ships.

Georgia's lieutenant governor announced a new plan to combat crime in the state as violence continues to rise in the state and across America.

Texas officials said Thursday they are considering banning Ben & Jerry’s statewide after the Vermont-based company announced it will no longer sell ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory."

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday put out a warning to Ben & Jerry’s, and their parent company Unilver, over a decision to boycott the West Bank.

Texas farmers are requesting the Biden administration pay for all the damages to their farms caused by the surge in illegal immigration.

A former California state employee has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Treasurer Fiona Ma.

Utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) told California officials that its equipment may be responsible for one of the large fires ongoing in the state.

"Given that SpaceX and Blue Origin employees have sophisticated high-tech skills with presumably high income, the impacted small community real estate market will clearly benefit," NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun told FOX Business.

Sen. Lindsey Graham declared a “big win” after Notre Dame University said a Chick-fil-A will open on campus next year despite resistance from some students and staff.

California's legislature has passed a bill that will approve monthly payments with no restrictions to foster kids when they age out, and for pregnant women.