White House: Biden monitoring 'Don’t Say Gay' bill, encourages discrimination complaints
President Biden’s Department of Education will be monitoring Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which went into effect on Friday, and encourages people to file discrimination complaints, according to the White House. “[A]ny student or parent who believes they are experiencing discrimination is encouraged to file a complaint with the Department’s Office for Civil Rights. Our Administration wi
Read More'Fairly exceptional': Capitol riot suspect remains at large 1 year after FBI raid
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida fugitive remains at large one year after the raid of his family’s north Lakeland property. Th
Read MoreNew era of inflation will bedevil central banks and bond markets
Structural changes – hyper-globalization, global demographic shifts, technological changes and decline in labor’s bargaining power – unleashed disinflationary forces that kept price pressures largely subdued for much of the first two decades of this century. But the pandemic shock and other recent developments suggest that we may now have entered a new inflationary era, one characterized by persistent upward price pressures. The consequences of this regime shift for financial marke
Read MoreWhite House announces Medals of Freedom for Simone Biles, Gabby Giffords, Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) are among those who will be awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Biden. Seventeen people in total will be recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the country’s highest civilian honor — at a ceremony next Thursday at the White House. The medal is presented to “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,” the White House said Fr
Read MoreWhy fireworks prices are higher this Fourth of July
Americans looking to celebrate July 4th with some fireworks could be facing some rough sticker shock. Supply chain issues and rising shipping and labor costs have led to inflation rates not seen in decades, and the fireworks industry is warning that it has not been unaffected. The trade group the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) released a report earlier this year stating that overall costs are u
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