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thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
DEADHORSE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska’s vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its “big, beautiful twin,” a top administration official said this week while touring an oil field near the Arctic Ocean.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority recently approved six projects forecast to result in more than $50 million in new payroll and generate more than $39 million in investments, Gov. Mike DeWine said in an announcement. The projects are expected to create 716 new jobs and retain more than 1,300 jobs, a news release detailed. Headquartered in Columbus, Hexion Inc.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
Columbus-based Worthington Steel Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of a controlling equity stake in an Italian producer of laminations for electric motors, and now holds an approximately 52 percent stake in the company and its European subsidiaries. The local firm acquired Sitem S.p.A., Stanzwerk AG, Decoup S.A.S. and Sitem Slovakia spol. s r.o. through subsidiary Tempel Steel Company LLC, a news release detailed.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
LONDON (AP) — British water and sewage utility Thames Water said that an American investment firm has dropped a rescue bid for the debt-burdened company. Thames Water said private equity company KKR decided not to make a bid and its status as preferred bidder had lapsed. The utility said it is talking to “senior creditors” about an alternative money-raising plan.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
An Ohio appellate panel reversed a municipal court’s ruling that denied a Lancaster woman’s effort to seal the eviction record filed against her by the owner of a rental property. A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals reversed the Fairfield County Municipal Court holding that the rules governing the sealing of court documents did not apply to the eviction action filed against Afrique Peters, 45.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook’s parent company. The investment with Meta will also expand the output of a Constellation Energy Illinois nuclear plant. The agreement, announced earlier this week, is the latest in a string of tech-nuclear partnerships as the use of artificial intelligence expands. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
The Campbell’s Co. said it saw stronger sales of broth and condensed soup in its latest quarter as more Americans cooked their meals at home. “Consumers continue to cook at home and focus their spending on products that help them stretch their food budgets, and they’re increasingly intentional about their discretionary snack purchases,” Campbell’s President and CEO Mick Beekhuizen said during a conference call with investors.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
WASHINGTON (AP) — A split Supreme Court earlier this week rejected a pair of gun-rights cases, though one justice predicted the court would soon consider whether assault weapons bans are constitutional. The majority did not explain its reasoning in turning down the cases over high-capacity magazines and state bans on guns such as the AR-15, weapons that have also been used often in mass shootings.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge, while federal legislation to accomplish it doesn’t appear to have the votes to pass in the Senate.
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2 days ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak
BOSTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week defendedhis tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they increase arrests toward President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was “deeply upset” by an ICE operation at a popular Italian restaurant just before the dinner rush last week.
