A biographical snapshot of Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Small Business Committee: AGE: 61 HOMETOWN: Cincinnati LIVES IN: Cincinnati EDUCATION: College of William and Mary, B.A.; Northern Kentucky University’s Salmon P.

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A top Republican in the Tennessee General Assembly expects his colleagues to approve the state share of a $300 million incentive package for Volkswagen despite misgivings over a “secret deal” for the United Auto Workers union at the German automaker’s plant in Chattanooga.

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A Chinese company will expand its automotive glass-making plant in southwest Ohio to serve as its North American hub for recycled glass manufacturing, nearly doubling its workforce at a former General Motors factory site, officials said Tuesday.

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United Airlines is considering cutting up to 2,000 jobs at 28 airports around the country and hiring a contractor to do the work.

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A Maine paper mill plans to temporarily lay off many of its employees starting this month as it scales back production.

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What can Mayor Bill de Blasio do to heal his deepening rift with the New York Police Department? His playbook for erasing the perception that he is not supporting the police — a problem that has escalated in the wake of the killings of two officers — has included face-to-face-meetings with police union officials, warm rhetoric about the work cops do and stepped-up efforts to negotiate new police labor contracts.

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U.S. employers advertised the most job openings in nearly 14 years in November, evidence that the strong hiring that occurred last year will likely continue into 2015.

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U.S. small business optimism jumped in December to its highest level in more than eight years, underscoring the economy’s strengthening fundamentals despite slowing global growth.

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Labor unions are trying to stop a major trade pact dead in its tracks, just over two decades since they failed in a bid to stop the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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The outgoing Democratic attorney general of Arkansas on Monday urged a panel reviewing elected officials’ salaries to more than double his Republican successor’s pay, saying the state’s top attorney is paid less than most lawyers in the office.

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