Top States for Business 2023: Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA skyline on the river at twilight. Sean Pavone | Istock | Getty Images Governor: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Republican Population: 3,045,637 GDP growth (Q1 2023): 0.20% Unemployment rate (May 2023): 2.70% Top corporate tax rate: 5.10% Top individual income tax rate: 4.90% Gasoline tax: 43.20 cents/gallon Bond rating (Moody’s/S&P): Aa1, Stable/AA, Stable […]
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Lawmakers visit Taiwan as Biden seeks China detente | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
House Armed Services Committee chairman Mike Rogers landed in Taiwan on Tuesday with a delegation of lawmakers. Rogers’ visit to Taipei comes as the Biden administration takes several steps aimed at stabilizing the bilateral relationship with China. Anti-China sentiment is far more visible on Capitol Hill than it is in the White House, where trade […]
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Some GOP presidential hopefuls call for tighter federal abortion limits | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gestures during the “National Celebrate Life Day Rally” commemorating the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Two […]
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Mariupol mayor vows to rebuild destroyed city
Russian forces seized the Ukrainian port city Mariupol a year ago. Its exiled mayor has a plan to rebuild it. “This is the moment when we have to prepare for our return to Mariupol as efficiently as possible,” said the mayor, Vadym Boychenko. Boychenko’s plan, dubbed “Mariupol Reborn,” consists of two stages: the rapid restoration […]
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GOP attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against mailing abortion pill in their states | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Republican attorneys general in 20 states warned CVS and Walgreens this week against mailing […]
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez: Twitter ‘Belongs’ There
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez thinks Twitter should move away from its current home in San Francisco. His argument? The changes made by new owner Elon Musk align with Miami’s embrace of the American dream. Felix Mizioznikov | ShutterstockMayor Francis Suarez giving a speech in Downtown Miami. Business […]
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Some megadonors support Trump super PAC as it backs him for president | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump may have lost the support of Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman but a super PAC that will back Trump’s latest run for the White House has quietly amassed a small group of megadonors that could be key to financing their efforts to bolster his 2024 campaign. Make America Great Again Inc., a […]
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Washington lawmakers don’t plan to sell crypto stocks despite FTX collapse | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has pulled a host of other companies down with it and threatens the stability of the digital coin marketplace, but some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are holding on to their crypto investments — even as they call for tighter regulations. At least nine lawmakers in Washington across both the […]
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15 GOP states ask court to keep Trump-era immigration rule Title 42 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Asylum-seeking migrants from Colombia board a Customs and Border Patrol transport van after crossing the Rio Grande, in Del Rio, Texas, May 22, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Fifteen Republican states on Monday night asked a federal judge to keep a Covid-era policy in place that allowed authorities to severely restrict asylum-seekers from crossing the border into […]
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Election Day coverage of the 2022 midterms | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Russian billionaire admits to interfering in U.S. elections Yevgeny Prigozhin controls Concord Management and Consulting LLC. Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said he interfered in past U.S. elections and would continue doing so in the future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics. In […]
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