GM, partners to build 500 electric vehicle charging stations
July 14, 2022 GMTDETROIT (AP) — A major automaker, large truck stop chain and an electric vehicle charging company are proposing a network that would put charging plugs at 50-mile intervals along U.S. highways.
General Motors, Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo said Thursday they will build 2,000 charging stalls at “up to” 500 Pilot Flying J sites across the nation.
Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
April 11, 2022 GMTUNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis business did what hundreds of other small manufacturers did: It pivoted to make protective supplies, with help from an $870,000 government grant.
Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
April 11, 2022 GMTUNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis business did what hundreds of other small manufacturers did: It pivoted to make protective supplies, with help from an $870,000 government grant.
Hit by high costs, Greek farmers stage tractor protest
March 18, 2022 GMTATHENS, Greece (AP) — Holding up vegetables and black flags, hundreds of protesting farmers blocked traffic in central Athens on Friday to demand that the government grant them additional concessions to cope with high energy costs.
Troubled antipoverty group closing in Jefferson County
November 30, 2021 GMTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An agency meant to help the poor in Alabama's most populous county will close amid financial problems that include being ordered to return government grant money, news outlets reported Tuesday.
US poised to sue contractors who don’t report cyber breaches
October 7, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their computer systems or misrepresent their cybersecurity practices, the department's No.
South Carolina agencies to get grants to help crime victims
September 22, 2021 GMTSPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Millions of dollars in government grants will soon flow to a variety of agencies that work with crime victims, state officials announced.
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday announced that more than $32 million will go to groups that help crime victims across South Carolina.
Group wants mandatory COVID shots for Maine health workers
June 29, 2021 GMTAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Hospital Association wants the state to mandate that all health care workers get the COVID-19 vaccination once the federal government grants full approval for the vaccines.
A shelter odyssey
February 18, 2017 GMTCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — During an era in which students were taught to "duck and cover" under their desks, and Civil Defense as well as the possibility of nuclear war were taken extremely seriously, The Clothes Tree in downtown Corvallis was a bank and its vaults were part of the county's fallout shelter program...