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Investors Watch as the Hotel Industry Takes On Airbnb 03/28/2017 08:00pm • The U.S. hotel industry is in a state of flux these days, facing competitive challenges from digital upstarts like Airbnb, but also benefiting from an increasingly confident American travel public that's spending more cash on travel and leisure activities in 2017. Industrywide, the domestic sector Young Workers Turn to Employers for Student Loan Debt Solutions 03/28/2017 08:00pm • The Student Loan Ranger has often pointed out that student debt is a multigenerational issue affecting Americans of all ages. But while it's true that the number of older Americans with student loans is rapidly rising, there's no denying that millennials bear the largest student loan burden -- both Easing coal rules unlikely to make US energy independent 03/28/2017 07:03pm • DALLAS (AP) — The Trump administration is gutting Obama-era regulations opposed by the coal industry, but the strategy isn't likely to have much effect on U.S. energy independence. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ushering in "the start of a new era" in energy production by signing an ex AP Exclusive: Iowa regulator keeps busy private law practice 03/28/2017 05:31pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A powerful Iowa regulator has maintained a busy and profitable private legal practice even though a law mandates she devote her "whole time" to state business, a review by The Associated Press shows. Iowa Utilities Board Chairwoman Geri Huser has been involved in 50 cases as Austere Texas spending bill passes Senate amid budget woes 03/28/2017 05:19pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Budget woes in Texas caused by a prolonged oil slump would be patched with cuts to higher education, kicking the can down the road on growing Medicaid costs and rebuffing priorities of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott under an austere spending bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the US official: Trump to meet China's Xi first week in April 03/28/2017 05:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with President Donald Trump the first full week of April, a senior State Department official said Tuesday. The first in-person encounter between the leaders comes after Trump sharply criticized China during the presidential campaign. But he Hogan optimistic legislation to boost manufacturing tax credits will pass 03/28/2017 03:24pm • A bill aimed at expanding Maryland's manufacturing industry using accelerated depreciation and tax incentives has made its way through the Senate. SB 317, or the More Jobs for Marylanders Act of 2017, passed with amendments on March 23, and only Sen. Roger Manno opposed the bill. The legislation is The Latest: McConnell says Senate won't take up 'Obamacare' 03/28/2017 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on House Republicans and health care, tax cuts and other issues (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "Obamacare" will stay in place after House Republicans failed to pass an alternative last week. McConnell indicated there are no pla Ford investing $1.2B in 3 Michigan plants, adding 130 jobs 03/28/2017 02:07pm • DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is investing $1.2 billion in three Michigan facilities, including an engine plant where it plans to add 130 jobs. President Donald Trump, who has pressured automakers to invest more and create jobs in the U.S., applauded the move Tuesday in an early morning tweet. "Bi What completed Dakota Access pipeline means for key players 03/28/2017 01:18pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil has been pumped into a controversial section of the Dakota Access pipeline after months of delays caused by protests and Native American tribes' efforts to stop the project. The 1,200-mile pipeline is now capable of moving half of the oil produced in North Dakota to a dis NFL owners approve Raiders' move to Las Vegas, so what now? 03/28/2017 11:52am • PHOENIX (AP) — Sometime in the not distant future, they will become the Las Vegas Raiders. Until then, likely in 2020, Mark Davis' team belongs to Oakland. Well, sort of. NFL owners approved the Raiders' move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter. Davis insi Ryan says House to revisit health care, offers no details 03/28/2017 11:48am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday he's going to give battered House Republicans another crack at a health care overhaul. But he offered no timeline, and leaders haven't resolved how to overcome the deep GOP divisions that crumpled their legislation last week in a humiliating retreat Thai authorities give ex-PM Thaksin $503 million tax bill 03/28/2017 11:01am • BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Thailand have escalated their effort to collect taxes they say are due from ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, posting a bill for 17.6 billion baht ($503 million) at the house where he lived before fleeing into exile in 2008 to avoid a prison term for conflict Global markets have steadier tone after Wall Street recovery 03/28/2017 08:46am • LONDON (AP) — European stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday following a late recovery on Wall Street at the end of a session that had been dominated by concerns over the ability of the Trump administration to deliver on its economic and tax plans following its defeat on health care DC mulls dropping 30-day doubling of parking, traffic tickets 03/28/2017 07:21am • WASHINGTON — The District's Council is considering a bill that would eliminate the current doubling of fines for failing to pay parking and traffic tickets within 30 days — but only for D.C. residents. The bill would exempt D.C. residents from late penalties or fees on photo enforcement ticke