Businesses ask Trump to support Paris Agreement

WASHINGTON (AP) – Over 300 U.S. businesses have signed a statement calling on President-elect Donald Trump to support the Paris Agreement on climate change – including General Mills, eBay, Intel, Unilever, and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies. Their statement reads “implementing the Paris Agreement will enable and encourage businesses and investors to turn the…

Labor board declares Illinois contract talks at impasse

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Labor Relations Board has declared contract negotiations between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration and the state’s largest public-employees union at an impasse. Tuesday’s decision allows Rauner to impose his terms on the 38,000-member state council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. That gives the union…