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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024.

Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024.

April 22, 2024, 8:50am Business

President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program. Read story

Palmer: How to escape from a money rut

April 22, 2024, 8:46am Business

Sometimes, climbing out of a money rut starts with a pep talk — to yourself. Read story

FILE - &ldquo;Ghost guns&rdquo; are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department, Nov. 27, 2019, in San Francisco. Nevada&rsquo;s Supreme Court upheld the state&rsquo;s ban on ghost guns Thursday, April 18, 2024, overturning a lower court&rsquo;s ruling that had sided with a gun manufacturer&rsquo;s&rsquo; argument the 2021 law regulating firearm components with no serial numbers was too broad and unconstitutionally vague.

Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

FILE - &ldquo;Ghost guns&rdquo; are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department, Nov. 27, 2019, in San Francisco. Nevada&rsquo;s Supreme Court upheld the state&rsquo;s ban on ghost guns Thursday, April 18, 2024, overturning a lower court&rsquo;s ruling that had sided with a gun manufacturer&rsquo;s&rsquo; argument the 2021 law regulating firearm components with no serial numbers was too broad and unconstitutionally vague.

April 22, 2024, 7:49am Business

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. Read story

Tesla cuts the price of its “Full Self Driving” system by a third to $8,000

April 22, 2024, 7:45am Business

Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene — to $8,000 from $12,000, according to the company website. Read story

FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018.  A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line

FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018.  A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.

April 22, 2024, 7:43am Business

Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Read story

A jumble of stanchions and high voltage power lines flank the Colstrip power plant, Dec. 4, 2023, in Colstrip, Montana.

Red state coal towns still power the West Coast. We can’t just let them die

A jumble of stanchions and high voltage power lines flank the Colstrip power plant, Dec. 4, 2023, in Colstrip, Montana.

April 22, 2024, 6:00am Business

In the early morning light, it’s easy to mistake the towering gray mounds for an odd-looking mountain range — pale and dull and devoid of life, some pine trees and shrublands in the foreground with lazy blue skies extending up beyond the peaks. Read story

FILE - A shop holds a sidewalk sale on Feb. 10, 2023, in Providence, R.I.

Business boom: Record numbers of people are starting up new small businesses

FILE - A shop holds a sidewalk sale on Feb. 10, 2023, in Providence, R.I.

April 22, 2024, 5:43am Business

Record numbers of people are starting new businesses, and more and more of them are women and minorities, according to a new study. Read story

A bill that could ban TikTok advances to the Senate. What’s next?

April 21, 2024, 3:21pm Business

The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue. Read story