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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but…

More U.S. workers than ever hold a graduate degree. Years of intensifying job requirements and headlines declaring a master’s “the new bachelor’s degree” nudged a record number of students into grad school.And yet more…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul have yet to reach a deal on a $216 billion-plus state budget, and lawmakers and aides faced a lengthy to-do list as of Wednesday afternoon.The Legislature held a…

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers agreed Monday on a budget with boosts in spending for K-12 education, universities, mental health and public safety, reaping the rewards…

NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have…

ATLANTA (AP) — Budget writers in the Georgia Senate want to take a different approach to spending on health…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Since construction was deemed an essential industry during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A father and son now await sentencing after a federal jury in North Carolina…

The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state government's 2023 budget promises more money for teachers, state employees,…