Advanced Search Close Search
Harris will carry Biden's economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset
National

Harris will carry Biden's economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset

  • By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

A key question is looming for Vice President Kamala Harris as she edges closer to gaining the Democratic presidential nomination: Can she turn the Biden-Harris economic record into a political advantage in a way that President Joe Biden failed to do? In some ways, her task would seem straightforward: The administration oversaw a vigorous rebound from the pandemic recession, one that shrank the U.S. unemployment rate to a half-century low of 3.4% in early 2023. Yet the cumulative jump in average prices over the past three years — roughly 20%, only partly offset by higher paychecks — has contributed to a general unease about the country's direction.

World

Proposal would give state boost

  • Updated

SACRAMENTO — California would get a boost under Barack Obama’s jobs proposal to cut taxes and increase spending, but it will not be enough to …

Remembering unions on Labor Day
Opinion

Remembering unions on Labor Day

  • Updated

It was surprising when, after the brutal frontal assaults by the newly elected Republican governors that in a polling this week 52 percent sti…

Opinion

Vote yes on Measure E

  • Updated

Now may not seem to be the best time to be asking people for money with the state doing the same and money being hard to come by for most.