Government finance
North Carolina sports betting legislation falters in House

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 22, 2022 09:09 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that would have authorized sports betting across all of North Carolina fell apart late Wednesday as the House narrowly rejected a...

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico celebrates with Team chief Christian Horner of Red Bull Racing after winning the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Budget cap dispute splits teams as F1 heads to Azerbaijan

Jun. 09, 2022 10:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2022 04:25 PM EDT
Jeffersonville News and Tribune. June 1, 2022. Editorial: Indiana lawmakers should suspend gas tax The price we pay at the pump is truly...

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs $1B tax cut bill

By Brendan Farrington May. 06, 2022 03:31 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians will save on items ranging from diapers and gasoline to auto racing tickets and energy efficient appliances under a $1 billion...

Horner more concerned with F1 budget cap than Mercedes car

By Jerome Pugmire Mar. 11, 2022 09:12 AM EST
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner sees nothing illegal in the new-look Mercedes car, and is far more concerned how Formula One’s budget cap will impact teams...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 02, 2022 07:10 AM EST
South Florida Sun Sentinel. February 25, 2022. Editorial: Rick Scott’s un-American plan to ‘rescue America’ Rick Scott just opened his...

Ex-Boston Grand Prix CFO gets 4 years on fraud, tax charges

Feb. 15, 2022 04:08 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A former top executive with the organization that tried to bring IndyCar racing to Boston was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in connection...

Ohio court to hear NASCAR challenge of tax on broadcasts

Nov. 30, 2021 09:59 AM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case involving the state's attempt to tax NASCAR for broadcasting its races in...

Ex-Boston Grand Prix CFO pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges

Oct. 22, 2021 09:16 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The former chief financial officer of the organization that tried to bring an IndyCar race to Boston has pleaded guilty to multiple fraud and tax...

FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, Mark Reuss, president of General Motors, speaks at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich. Reuss said in a weekend interview with The Associated Press that his company plans to announce more U.S. battery factories later this week. Reuss gave no details of where the factories would be located or exactly what they would manufacture. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
GM exec: Company to announce more battery plants this week

By Tom Krisher And Jenna Fryer Jun. 14, 2021 02:13 PM EDT

Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing moving to suburban Indy

Oct. 07, 2020 11:43 AM EDT
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will consolidate its operations in suburban Indianapolis by 2022, the team and the state announced...

A man walks past a store with sale signs displayed at Great Lakes Mall, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Mentor, Ohio. Sales for retailers has plunged since the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
AMC aims to reopen theaters in July; nations eye economies

Jun. 10, 2020 10:10 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press May. 20, 2020 02:01 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: We’re using a machete to fight the coronavirus, when a...

FILE - In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Mike Smith rides Justify to victory during the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The move of the Triple Crown’s first leg to Labor Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic will mark the first time the Derby won’t run on the first Saturday in May since 1945. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
The Latest: North Carolina considering allowing NASCAR race

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2020 04:33 PM EDT

Company owner charged with falsifying federal records, fraud

Aug. 02, 2019 03:55 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The owner of a Rhode Island automobile transport company has been charged with falsifying federal records, fraud, identity theft and tax...