(AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed undoing a Trumpera rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams.

In 1912, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to pass a minimum wage law.

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Col. Arbuthnot (Ryan Houck), left, and Mary Debenham (Natalie Houck) discuss the occurrences in their lives during Southwest Playhouse’s production of “Murder on the Orient Express.”It opened to the public Friday CDN

(AP) — The Biden administration said that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for that age group, as expected.

(AP) — A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs.

(AP) — U.S. employers added a healthy 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure from high inflation and interest rates.

(AP) — From small towns to big cities, every government across the U.S. was offered a slice of $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds to help shore up their finances, cover pandemic-related costs and invest in community projects.

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