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WEST MIDDLESEX — Taking advantage of the clear, sunny weather Wednesday, Brian Foster and Brian Wheaton laid down a new coat of paint at the Lackawannock-Shenango-West Middlesex Community Pool.

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Fast-food chains plan to raise prices in response to the state's $20 minimum wage for their workers, potentially affecting a swath of L.A. that relies on the eateries.

The US central bank has increased interest rates in a bid to control the impact of inflation on the economy.

Miami leads the nation with an inflation rate double the national rate.

It is economically foolish to have high tax rates, double taxation, and corrupt loopholes. The answer, as Steve Forbes explains in this video, is the flat tax. He makes excellent points, similar to the analysis I shared in my 2010 video. Though there's one difference. He got to share the good news about the wave of tax reform taking place at the state level.

Take the threat of china seriously. >> well, thank you for having me, griff. now, administrator nelson doing what he can to try and encourage congress to fund the programs we have underway. the trump administration announced something called the artemis program which was a return of the u.s. to the moon, an i long with a gateway space station orbit around the world that has a whole bunch of commercial and national partners. and a commissioner nelson pointed out some parts are funded and other pa...

Absolutely it. i cannot just talk about the word space race because that implies theres one goal, one objective and whoever gets there first is the winner when really what were talking about about is a long-term competition across multiple areas. china is absolutely developing a robust space program that includes commercial activities, that includes civil activities like their space station and a wide range of military activities. some of those military activities do indeed pose potential threat...