Industrials

Residents cough, rub eyes in Harvey pollution spike

Cindy Sanchez began to feel ill while barbecuing just before Harvey's torrents started pelting this city just east of Houston, along a corridor with the nation's highest concentration of petrochemical plants.

New Jersey-New York leaders talk Hudson tunnel with Trump

The governors of New York and New Jersey plan to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss long-awaited plans for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, considered to be one of the region's most critical infrastructure needs.

Officers, medics sue over chemical plant fire after Harvey

Seven police officers and other emergency responders say they were sickened by a chemical fire at a storm-flooded plant outside Houston, according to a lawsuit they filed against the owner Thursday that seeks $1 million and alleges gross negligence.

Legal questions surround move to expedite Foxconn rulings

An unprecedented change in Wisconsin law that would send challenges to Foxconn Technology Group's plant straight to the conservative-leaning state Supreme Court would hand the company an advantage nobody else doing business in the state enjoys, legal experts said Wednesday.

Business Highlights

___ Trump overrules GOP with deal on spending, debt, Harvey aid WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has overruled leaders of his own party, siding with Democrats on a deal to fund the government and increase the nation's debt limit for three month — all part of an agreement to rush disaster aid to Harvey victims.