President Biden has approved California’s request for a major disaster declaration to support recovery efforts from a string of February storms that drenched much of the state with historic rainfall and mountain snow and resulted in numerous deaths, officials announced Sunday. Nine California counties — Butte, Glenn, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, […]
Reality Check is a Sacramento Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. “The state’s jobs market expansion turned 46 months old in February 2024,” the state’s Employment Development Department press release said. But California’s payroll job numbers were down in February. Fewer people […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods rebounded more than expected in February, boosted by demand for machinery and commercial aircraft as manufacturing regains its footing. Factory orders increased 1.4% after dropping 3.8% in January, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast orders rebounding 1.0%. They rose […]
Temperatures in Germany during March were the warmest on record since measurements began in 1881, according to preliminary figures released by the German Weather Service (DWD) on Tuesday. The record-breaking March came after temperatures in February were also the warmest on record in Germany. In March, the average temperature was 7.5 degrees Celsius, exceeding the […]
Apr. 1—Unemployment rates in the state and Santa Fe County went down in February from the previous month, a sign that at least some jobless New Mexicans are finding work in the early part of 2024. Unemployment in New Mexico for February came in at 3.9%, a decrease from an even 4% to start the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prices increased moderately in February and the cost of services outside housing slowed considerably, keeping a June interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve on the table. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data for January […]
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police are investigating why former president Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month right after his passport was seized in an investigation into an alleged military coup plot, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s annual business-to-business service inflation held steady at 2.1% in February, suggesting companies continued to pass on rising labour costs thanks to prospects for sustained wage gains. The year-on-year rise in the services producer price index, which measures what companies charge each other for services, was unchanged from January, Bank of Japan […]
Mar. 23—Where do you want to go to college and why? I plan to attend Eastern Oklahoma State College to finish my basics. After that, I want to attend University of Arkansas-Fort Smith in hopes of going into their Sonography program. What is your list of accomplishments including scholarships received? Superintendent’s Honor Roll (2020-Present) National […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday expanded a state of emergency declaration to include 11 additional California counties, including Sacramento County, damaged by a series of storms in early February. Along with the California state of emergency expansion, Newsom requested a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for several communities impacted by widespread flooding, mudslides and debris flows […]
Mar. 22—WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was unchanged over the month, remaining at 3.4% in February. This was the fifth consecutive month at 3.4%. The U.S. unemployment rate rose by two-tenths of a percentage point from its January rate, now up to 3.9%. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) on Friday released its […]
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A fundraising group run by Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal trials as he seeks the U.S. presidency, stepped up spending on legal fees last month, further draining money from efforts to return him to the White House, financial disclosures showed on Wednesday. In a filing […]