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January 21, 2013 

Legalizing industrial hemp in Kentucky, passing a federal farm bill and helping young farmers establish themselves were among subjects U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and others discussed during a discussion at the Kentucky Commodities Conference.

January 20, 2013 

A former nonprofit director accused of stealing more than $73,000 from a charity pleaded guilty to theft Monday in Fremont County, Colorado, District Court.

January 20, 2013 

In the wake of the multimillion budget deficit that escaped the attention of Florida's Manatee County school district leadership for months, the community quickly focused on the backgrounds of the district's primary leaders.

January 20, 2013 

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a decision by a local federal judge and upheld a state law that sharply curtails the collective bargaining rights of public workers in Wisconsin.

January 20, 2013 

A city's former comptroller is heading to prison and the accounting firm that performed municipal audits is being sued for not noticing the theft of $54 million over a decade.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 18, 2013 

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

Taija Sparkman

January 18, 2013 

The Bay Area economy in 2012 powered to its strongest job performance since the dot-com boom, a clear indication that the region has banished the most recent recession, state labor officials reported Friday. For all of 2012, the Bay Area added 91,400 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Friday by the state’s Employment Development...…

January 18, 2013 

Ready or not, millions of U.S. seniors are being pushed into the age of digital banking. Starting March 1, in a cost-cutting move by the U.S. Treasury, most Social Security checks will no longer arrive by mail.

January 18, 2013 

The owner of Celebrity Diner in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, was arrested Wednesday, after police said she failed to file consecutive tax returns dating back to 2009.

January 18, 2013 

The Ohio Business Matchmaker Conference is like "speed dating" for small business owners looking for potential contracting opportunities.

January 18, 2013 

A Southern California debt collection firm that threatened debtors with killing their pets and digging up their dead relatives has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations about abusive practices.

January 18, 2013 

Gov. Rick Snyder wasted no time implementing one of his proposals from Wednesday night's State of the State address, signing an executive order Thursday to create the new state Department of Insurance and Financial Services.