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In this April 29, 2019, photo, Steve Webb, VP of Communications, left, and Andre Haddad, CEO, right, pose in the entryway of Turo in San Francisco. Car-sharing apps that let people rent out their vehicles to strangers are growing in popularity in the U.S. But the people who rent cars through apps like Turo and GetAround don’t pay the taxes and surcharges that local governments and airports tack onto traditional rental cars. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Car-sharing apps’ rising US popularity fuels tax debate

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Some S. Carolina troopers bringing their own rifles to work

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, photo, job seekers line up to sign in before meeting prospective employers at a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. The Labor Department releases employment data for February, on Friday, March, 7, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Employers add 175K in February; unemployment rose to 6.7 percent

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Thursday, May 9, 2013, Jennifer Wilhoit of U.S. Express, left, talks with Devin Washington while others wait in line as 63 companies participate in a job fair at the Brainerd Crossroads in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, John Rawlston)

Economy adds 195,000 jobs; unemployment rate stays at 7.6 percent

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012, photo, Taneshia Wright, of Manhattan, fills out a job application during a job fair in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Unemployment rate falls to 7.6 percent for March despite weak job growth

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston. U.S. employers ramped up hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

U.S. adds 236K jobs; unemployment falls to 7.7 percent

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** A clerk straightens out her display at a shoe store in Salem, N.H., on Sept. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

Consumer confidence, home prices on the rise

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, photo, New York Stock Exchange Senior Compliance Associate Matthew Pizzo, an Air Force veteran who has law and business degrees, works in his office at the New York Stock Exchange. Pizzo had gone two years without work, until recently, as he is now finishing his first week of work at the exchange. U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. economy adds 163,000 jobs; rate rises to 8.3%

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Tressa Miller (right) helps military veteran Roger Porter, of Detroit, with resume career counseling in Detroit on June 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

Tepid job growth continued in June; unemployment rate flat

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** People pass a military jet while attending a job fair for veterans on March 28, 2012, at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. (Associated Press)

Unemployment falls to 8.1 percent in April, but Dow drops

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2012, file photo, women and girls carry purchases on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. The Commerce Department said Friday, April 27, 2012, that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the January-March quarter, compared with a 3 percent gain in the final quarter of 2011. Consumers spent at the fastest pace in more than a year. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

U.S. growth slows to 2.2 percent in first quarter

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A lineup of F-250 trucks shows a bit of ice at Formula Ford in Montpelier, Vt. Ford earned its biggest profit in more than a decade in 2010 as robust car and truck sales and years of cost cutting paid off for the company. (Associated Press)

Economy picks up the pace with 2.8 percent growth in fourth quarter

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times