JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it. Parson’s objection: He wanted a bigger, longer-lasting tax cut. “Now is the time for …
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DETROIT (AFP) – The National Labor Relations Board has reversed a Trump-era decision by finding that Tesla cannot ban factory employees from wearing union-branded clothing while working. The board, in a 3-2 decision issued Monday, overturned the 2019 NLRB decision relating to Walmart and Union Apparel. The board wrote that the 1945 Supreme Court ruling …
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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine’s atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could …
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