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Guns for sale are displayed at Maxon Shooter’s Supplies in Des Plaines, Ill., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores. A California law taking effect Monday will require credit card networks to provide banks with special retail codes to assign to gun stores. By contrast, new laws taking effect in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming will prohibit the use of special gun shop codes in financial transactions. A total of 17 states have passed some sort of limit on category codes for gun retailers, while California has been joined by Colorado and New York.

Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it

July 1, 2024, 8:18am Business

Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. Read story

Washington’s Dept. of Ecology fines Home Depot $1.6 million for selling banned products

July 1, 2024, 7:52am Business

The Washington state Department of Ecology has issued a $1.6 million fine against Home Depot for selling products restricted under state law. The company has 30 days to appeal the fine. Read story

Homes wait to be moved to their final location Friday on O Street in Vancouver. Community Roots Collaborative is creating a pod of seven 730-square-foot tiny homes for people exiting homelessness.

Housing projects in Vancouver designed to help more than 100 people exiting homelessness under construction

July 1, 2024, 6:04am Business

As the weather heats up this summer, so is development of more affordable housing units in Vancouver. Read story

Tyler Vernon and Zach Marshall, employees of Google, volunteer at the Grow Pittsburgh urban farm on June 18, 2024 in Braddock, Pennsylvania.

Benefits are important, ‘meaningful work’ even more so for Gen Z workers

July 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

The growing numbers of Gen Z workers have mystified both employers and their older colleagues. Remote work, quiet quitting and other buzzwords have filled headlines as CEOs melt down over changing office cultures. But the youthful nuances show no signs of slowing down as the youngest generation continues to enter… Read story

The dating app Bumble is shown on a smart phone on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app. But many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting.

Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? You might be experiencing burnout

July 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

While plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app, many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting — leading to a phenomenon known as “dating app burnout.” Read story

From screen to scrubs: How media influences the nursing profession

Ellen Pompeo as star surgeon Meredith Grey, who was laid low with COVID-19 in season 17 of “Grey’s Anatomy.” (ABC/TNS)

June 30, 2024, 6:02am Business

When we think of nurses, we often picture the compassionate caregivers we see on our favorite medical dramas. From the resilient Carol Hathaway on “ER” to the dedicated Jackie Peyton in “Nurse Jackie,” these portrayals have a profound impact on how society perceives the nursing profession. Read story