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A lack of reliable daycare is keeping many women from returning to work, but other factors are also at play.

Prosperity in Columbus masks an uncomfortable truth about this place we all call home: Some of our neighbors are being left behind.

Nepal was inoculating its people with great success – until India stopped sending it vaccines The crisis unfolding in South Asia presents an imperative to the global community to deliver vaccine help. Nepal has a consistently higher number of Covid-19 cases per million than India. | Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country, currently has one of the highest Covid-19 viral reproduction rates in the world. The situation is dire: reports indicate Nepal...

A second disputed project in weeks had a Planning and Zoning board member wondering if, when neighbors don’t like a developer’s plans, “Is it just tough luck?” Indeed, for the second time in weeks, neighbors are upset about building plans, claiming developers reneged on agreements. Yet the disputed plans were approved. First, neighbors of a 30-acre office development near Riverview in northeast Mesa begged the Planning and Zoning Board and Mesa City Council for months to ...

Subscriber Exclusive Divided economy We’re doing everything we can do to scrape by: COVID-19 put some families on the edge while the wealthy thrive COVID-19 widened the economic dividing line between families doing well, and those who are struggling. Mark Williams, The Columbus Dispatch Published 10:59 am UTC May. 26, 2021 COVID-19 widened the economic dividing line between families doing well, and those who are struggling. Mark Williams, The Columbus Dispatch Published 10:59 am UTC May. 26, ...

Ohios jobs comeback from the pandemic stalls in April as employers cut 3,700 jobs Mark Williams, The Columbus Dispatch © Mike Groll/AP Central Ohios unemployment rate fell to 5% in March. Ohios jobs comeback from the pandemic stalled in April, leaving the state a long way from recovering the jobs that were lost a year after the coronavirus shut down the economy. The states unemployment rate held steady at 4.7% in April as employers cut 3,700 jobs over the month, the Ohio Depa...

Genshin Impact fan creates and renders amazing Zhongli Archon outfit If you’re a Zhongli fan, you’re in for a real treat. The Genshin Impact character’s been treated to a new (concept) outft inspired by the anime game’s cutscene artwork by a fan, which imagines the polearm fighter in his Archon garb. The kit’s been rendered in 3D with a bunch of custom textures, and looks the real deal – so much so that fans are joking (and really wishing) that it’s a ‘leak’ of an upcoming ...

United States consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccinations against COVID-19 and additional fiscal stimulus allowed for more businesses to reopen, boosting demand and hiring by companies. An upbeat survey released Tuesday by the Conference Board suggests the economy is continuing to power ahead early in the second quarter as the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations accelerates. The survey shows the economy continued to surge after what appears to have been robust gro...

U.S. consumer confidence hits 14-month high; house prices soar By Lucia Mutikani Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccination against COVID-19 and additional fiscal stimulus allowed for more services businesses to reopen, boosting demand and hiring by companies. The upbeat survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday, which also showed a strong increase in vacation plans, suggested the economy continued to power ahead ear...

6 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccinations against COVID-19 and additional fiscal stimulus allowed for more services businesses to reopen, boosting demand and hiring by companies. FILE PHOTO: Real estate signs advertise new homes for sale in a new development in York County, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo The upbeat survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday, which also showe...