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by Ariel Gans and Jonathan Lehrfeld | May 31, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — “I have a learning disability, and at a very young age, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to walk and talk. Now, look what I can do,” said O’Donnell, who recently began work as a barista at Bitty and Beau’s Coffee, a coffee shop that primarily...
by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 10, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Americans prepare to switch their clocks forward on Sunday, members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and a variety of experts Wednesday agreed that it’s time for the country to stop switching times. But they couldn’t agree on which...
by Michael Korsh | Feb 10, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — In her second appearance before the Senate Commerce Committee, Gigi Sohn, nominated to be a Federal Communications Commission commissioner, faced repeated Republican questioning Wednesday whether she could be impartial. The top Republican on the...
by Quinn Clark | Jan 21, 2022 | Business, Featured
The first time the Twisted Plants food trailer made its appearance on the streets of Milwaukee, the trailer disconnected from the hitch. The second, the grill tipped over. That was in 2019, and what began as a food trailer specializing in plant-based comfort food...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Jan 11, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of American business is “competitive,” Suzanne Clark, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday. “Competition is how we build our country, make it exceptional and move it...
by Julia Shapero | Nov 18, 2021 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday tapped Mike Fong, a Spokane native and former deputy mayor of Seattle, to lead the Small Business Administration’s Pacific Northwest office. “Small businesses are the engine of our economy and this is an incredible...
