Women are leaving jobs in fashion and science to grow vegetables and tend to livestock Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | WASHINGTON -- Julie Stinar once worked with some of the top names in fashion: Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Tracy Reese. | Now she works with some completely different brand names: Cornish and Poulet Rouge chickens and Red Devon cattle. | Ms. Stinar is the owner of Evensong Farm in Sharpsburg, Md.,...
Kansas Coffee opens in former Common Grounds location in downtown Olathe Kansas City Star GARVEY SCOTT/The Kansas City Sta Barista Kelsey Davis rang up an order on Thursday morning at the Kansas Coffee Company in downtown Olathe. More News | The Kansas Coffee Company has much more than "a great" cup of coffee. | Ashley Reid, owner, incorporates some of the best coffees, delectable foods,...
Missed revenue forecasts could mean more troubles ahead for state budgets Star Tribune | JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - With its IOUs and plans to close state offices three days a month, California gets all the attention as lawmakers fight to write a budget set off balance by a $26.3 billion deficit. | But the dozens of states that made spendin...
Women are leaving jobs in fashion and science to grow vegetables and tend to livestock Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | WASHINGTON -- Julie Stinar once worked with some of the top names in fashion: Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Tracy Reese. | Now she works with some completely different brand names: Cornish and Poulet Rouge chickens and Red Devon cattle. | Ms. Stinar...
Kansas budget cuts affect state's most vulnerable groups Kansas City Star More News | TOPEKA | Margaret Tascar would probably be in a nursing home, the 84-year-old says, if not for a state program that helps the elderly stay in their own homes. | The service pays for a cleaning woman to stop by Tascar's Overland Park apart...
Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms The Examiner Comments MADISON, Wis. (Map, News) - As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side. There just wasn't enough time or money to...
Airlines discounting tickets this week Business Journal Training to aid ABQ hospitality workers AirTran launches service to Allentown BHM traffic down 14% in May AirTran launches new routes AirTran CEO speaks to Aero Club | If you plan ...
Movie artifacts caught in lawsuit over museum The Examiner Comments OLATHE, Kan. (Map, News) - A lawsuit over a failed effort to open a Hollywood memorabilia museum may force the sale of items owned by actress Debbie Reynolds. | In 2002, G...
As state's budget stalemate continues, lawmakers eye returning part of surplus Pittsburgh Tribune Review | HARRISBURG — Dan Cummings, a retired horticulturist from West Mifflin, isn't the least bit surprised the Pennsylvania General Assembly has squirreled away a $200 million surplus while state government faces a $3.25 billion deficit. | "Nobody wants ...
China trip gives city students perspective on global economy Pittsburgh Tribune Review | The last thing Devin West expected to see in Beijing was high school students going to class seven days a week. | "That is something I don't think I'd ever get used to. But I see why. Kids don't think about school as they should," said West, 16, of...
Retailers stung hard by slump offer deep discounts Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Bobbi Long of Leechburg hunted for bargains Thursday with family and friends in the Monroeville Mall. | "We got a great deal. A $100 pair of shoes for $34 at Macy's," said Long, whose daughter, Courtney Woodhall, 16, walked away with the best barga...
Biden visits W.Pa. to promote stimulus funds for broadband use Pittsburgh Tribune Review | WATTSBURG — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to this rural northwestern Pennsylvania community of 348 to detail the start of a $7.2 billion stimulus program to expand access to high-speed Internet service. | Biden, who was accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Federal Communications Commiss...
