Car rental firm founder's family to donate $22M to charity
ST. LOUIS - The family of Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder Jack Taylor is set to announce a $22 million donation to various organizations that support underserved children in the St. Louis area.
View ArticleDonation for police body cameras in Waukee, Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa trucking company founder's donation of nearly $140,000 will go to help outfit Des Moines and Waukee police with body cameras.
View ArticleFord makes $500,000 donation to well-known music venue
ANN ARBOR, Michigan - Ford Motor Co. is making a $500,000 donation to a well-known Ann Arbor music venue.
View ArticleCompany now plans to donate, not auction, 9 /11 memorial
SALEM, Virginia - An auction company said Tuesday that a plan to sell a 9/11 memorial that had belonged to a defunct Salem brick-making business has been scuttled, and the structure will instead be...
View ArticleBoyd Gaming to give $2.5 million to UNLV hotel college
LAS VEGAS - Boyd Gaming Corp. says it will donate $2.5 million to help expand the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
View ArticleFireworks displays costly, but communities feel obligated
PITTSBURGH - Butler residents nearly went berserk this year when Mayor Tom Donaldson said the city could not afford an annual Independence Day fireworks display.
View ArticleJohn Morrell, Homeland stores donate to Regional Food Bank
OKLAHOMA CITY - The John Morrell Food Group has extended its efforts to fight hunger with a donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.
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Stay out of the water, Chuck! Cat joins Shark Week frenzy
NEW YORK - Head over to Cody VandeZande's condo in Chicago and you won't find a room without sharks.
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Menendez defense raises more than $1.5M since indictment
TRENTON, New Jersey - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has raised more than $1.5 million for his legal defense fund since he was indicted on federal corruption charges in April and has spent more than $867,000...
View ArticleBoeing family, company donate $30M to Seattle museum
SEATTLE - The Boeing Company and the Boeing family are each contributing $15 million to Seattle's Museum of Flight to significantly expand the museum's education programs.
View ArticleBoeing family, company donate $30M to Seattle museum
SEATTLE - The Boeing Company and the Boeing family are each contributing $15 million to Seattle's Museum of Flight to significantly expand the museum's education programs.
View ArticleConservative donor Koch urges end to 'corporate cronyism'
DANA POINT, California - Billionaire industrialist and conservative political donor Charles Koch welcomed a group of roughly 450 like-minded fundraisers to one of his twice-annual conferences Saturday...
View ArticleProceeds from 100 rifles to go to sick Kansas girl
WICHITA, Missouri - A gun manufacturer is donating the proceeds from 100 .22 rifles to raise money to help a southeastern Kansas girl with pulmonary hypertension pay for expenses related to her illness.
View ArticleFoundation raises $500K to send students to Catholic schools
TOPEKA, Kansas - The Catholic Education Foundation has raised more than half a million dollars under a new state program to help children from low-income families attend private schools in northeast...
View ArticleLincoln offers $6.6M to help build company's new office
LINCOLN, Nebraska - A software company's new $32.2 million seven-story headquarters being planned in Lincoln will receive $6.6 million in public money.
View Article'Dark money' case puts AG Paxton's office against big donor
AUSTIN, Texas - An ethics investigation into an influential conservative group has brought Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office into court against a major donor who guaranteed a $1...
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Official peeved over ethics vote takes it out on charities
FREDERICK, Maryland - A Frederick County councilman known for peevish behavior is protesting the tightening of local ethics rules by halting his company's charitable donations to community organizations.
View ArticleIndian corporation gives $35 million to Carnegie Mellon
PITTSBURGH - A global information technology services firm is giving Carnegie Mellon University $35 million to fund a new research and education facility.
View ArticleAirbus donates $500K aircraft part to SD School of Mines
RAPID CITY, South Dakota - An aircraft manufacturer has donated a 20-foot-long airplane part valued at $500,000 to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to support education and research...
View ArticleDelaware lawmakers eye budget vote procedures
NEW CASTLE, Delaware - Democratic leaders of the legislature's budget-writing committee don't seem interested in changing voting requirements for passage of the state's annual spending plan.
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