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The Senate voted March 10 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections.

Pressed by Republican senators, Chavez-DeRemer said she no longer supported the part of the bill that curtailed the ability of workers in unionized workplaces to opt-out of membership.

The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided Aug. 3 to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high gasoline prices and unstable energy supplies exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

NEW YORK — Oil companies swam in record profits over the last few months at a time when Americans struggled to pay for gasoline, food and other basic necessities.

NEW YORK — When longhaul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has strategies to hold down costs. She avoids the West Coast and the Northeast, where diesel prices are highest. She organizes her delivery route to minimize “deadheading” — driving an empty truck in between deliveries.

NEW YORK — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing nations decided June 30 to boost production of crude by an amount that will likely do little to relieve high gasoline prices at the pump and energy-fueled inflation plaguing the global economy.

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil reported $5.48 billion in net income during the first quarter as oil and gas prices rose steadily, more than doubling its profits compared with the same quarter last year.

NEW YORK — ExxonMobil swung back to a profit and topped expectations on profit and revenue during the second quarter as demand for fuel recovered from lows reached earlier in the pandemic.

NEW YORK — ExxonMobil reported profits of $2.73 billion in the first quarter, after a tumultuous year led to major spending reductions.

The federal government said April 27 it was making more than $8 billion available to build and improve the nation’s transmission lines as part of its efforts to improve America’s aging electric grid and meet President Joe Biden’s ambitious clean-energy goals.