New bill would give essential workers $25K for tuition, student loans

Houston confronts one-two punch of COVID-19 and oil bust

When you’re known as the energy capital of the world, oil busts are nothing new. Like in other cities, the coronavirus has shut down much of Houston’s economic activity, slashing thousands of jobs as well as sales tax revenues. Mayor Sylvester Turner expects a city budget deficit of about $200 million, the worst in the history of this city of more than 2.3 million, the country's fourth largest....

WTO must decide if U.S. complied with Boeing aid ruling, Airbus says

The World Trade Organization must decide whether the United States has fully complied with WTO rulings on illegal government aid to Boeing Co , and that process could take some time, a spokesman for Airbus said on Wednesday. The U.S. government on Wednesday told the WTO that it had fully complied with the WTO's rulings since Washington State had now repealed its tax breaks for Boeing, and there was "no valid basis" for the European Union to retaliate against U.S. goods....