Goal to protect small producers
WASHINGTON — With a little more than a month left in the Obama administration, the Agriculture Department on Wednesday announced new rules...
Gas tax to rise 8 cents a gallon
HARRISBURG — Motorists in Pennsylvania will be hit with the third and final step in the gradual gas tax increases that are being pha...
ST. LOUIS — Monsanto shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $57 billion merger with Bayer AG, a deal that would combine two of the world’s biggest agricultura...
WASHINGTON — All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other road infrastructure under a rule the Tran...
Prison opening again delayed
SKIPPACK, Pa. — The already delayed opening of the commonwealth's new $400 million state prison was scheduled to take place early next y...
GOP lawmaker says changes needed
WASHINGTON — A key Republican lawmaker wants to overhaul Social Security, the decades-old program that provides benefits to some 60 milli...
HAVANA — Google and the Cuban government signed a deal Monday allowing the Internet giant to provide faster access to its data by installing servers on the island that w...
By Associated Press
DETROIT — The U.S. government is trying to get automakers to move faster to fix 42 million vehicles that are being recalled because of potentially dea...
Some high-tech and old fashioned options to choose
With Christmas just two weeks away, here are some last-minute gift ideas for the farmer in your life.
Mending fences
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NEW YORK — Coca-Cola said Friday that CEO Muhtar Kent will step down as CEO next year and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer James Quincey.
The world’s largest bever...