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Washington’s gas tax is going up, but state transportation revenue is falling short

Washington state’s gas tax, already among the highest in the nation, is going up next week. The state’s per-gal…

Updated 5 years ago
Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change

GENEVA (AP) — Exit polls on Sunday indicated that Swiss voters appear to have narrowly rejected a proposed “carbon dioxide law” that would have hiked fees and taxes on fuels that produce greenhouse gases.

Updated 5 years ago
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations

CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations staked their claim Sunday to leading the world out of the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, pledging more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine d…

Updated 5 years ago
G-7 leaders agree to end support for unabated coal power

CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Group of Seven nations have agreed to end direct government support for unabated coal power generation, or the use of coal without technology…

Updated 5 years ago
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two questions: “What America will we leave for our children?" and "Will…

Updated 5 years ago
Odds of settling US-EU trade rifts? Hope may outrun progress

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vowed to mend America’s trade relations with its European allies, which were stretched to the breaking point by President Donald Trump’s mercurial behavior, combative polic…

Updated 5 years ago
At an arms control crossroads, Biden and Putin face choices

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a low point in U.S.-Russian relations, President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to agree broadly on at least one thing — their first face-to-face meeting Wednesday is a c…

Updated 5 years ago
Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions

WASHINGTON (AP) — With

Updated 5 years ago
Britain calls EU view of N Ireland offensive in Brexit spat

FALMOUTH, England (AP) — Britain accused European Union leaders on Sunday of holding the “offensive” view that Northern Ireland is not fully part of the United Kingdom, as Brexit cast a shadow over the Group of Sev…