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Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 1.1 percent in June, the biggest decline in more than a year as spending on public construction dropped at the highest rate in more than five years. The decline in June brought total construction ...

Economic growth is still slowing in nine Midwestern and Plains states amid trade and tariff disputes, according to a monthly survey report released Wednesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index declined to 57.0 in July, from 61.8 in June and 67.3 ...

As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration’s ...

U.S. businesses added 219,000 jobs in July, a private survey found, a robust total that suggests employers are still able to find the workers they need despite the low unemployment rate. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that hiring was led ...

Congressional auditors say about 30 million people — 21 percent of U.S. taxpayers — will have to come up with more money to pay their 2018 taxes next year because their employers withheld too little from their paychecks under government ...

Jackson County’s primary ballot will contain a few extraneous names, following a judge’s ruling on July 31. Circuit Judge David Byrn ruled that county officials exceeded their statutory authority by opening up the Aug. 7 ballot to candidates to become ...

Conservative hardliner Kris Kobach grabbed headlines from fundraisers with Donald Trump Jr. and gun-rights rocker Ted Nugent while relying on his running mate to finance their campaign to unseat Kansas’ governor in the Republican primary. Kobach, the Kansas secretary of ...

Eight states are filing suit against the Trump administration regarding its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public ...

U.S. workers saw their wages and benefits rise in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, a sign that the low unemployment rate is forcing employers to raise pay to attract and keep workers. Pay and ...

Maria Santamaria made sure to follow the U.S. immigration rules. She obtained a green card through her husband, came to the country on an immigrant visa and became an American citizen. When her sister came on a travel visa fleeing ...

Allowing inmates to stare at computer-tablet screens for hours each day may be just the ticket for creating calm, orderly cellblocks, prison officials say. Tablets, growing in popularity in prisons nationwide, also can help inmates advance their education, connect with ...