Industrials

Get Started: How tax bill agreement would affect businesses

TAX AGREEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESSES The Republican agreement on a tax bill gives many small company owners breaks on their business income taxes and allows them to deduct a larger portion of their equipment purchases.

Trump reconsiders rules protecting miners from black lung

President Donald Trump's mining regulators are reconsidering regulations meant to protect underground miners from breathing coal and rock dust, the cause of black lung disease, and diesel exhaust, which can cause cancer.

Correction: Conflicted Interests story

A recent change in Iowa's tax code spared Mark Chelgren's machine shop, welding company and wheelchair-parts plant from paying sales tax when buying certain supplies such as saws and cutting fluid.

Correction: Conflicted Interests-ABRIDGED story

A recent change in Iowa's tax code spared Mark Chelgren's machine shop, welding company and wheelchair-parts plant from paying sales tax when buying certain supplies such as saws and cutting fluid.

The Latest: California fires prompt tougher utility rules

The Latest on California toughening rules meant to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires (all times local): 11:45 p.m. California is ordering utility companies to do more to keep power lines from sparking devastating wildfires.