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Atlanta Fed forecasting Q3 GDP growth of 2.9%

1 year 9 months ago
The third quarter is almost over, which means the Atlanta Fed's GDPnow estimate is probably pretty reliable by now. They're forecasting Q3 real GDP growth of 2.9%: Not bad. They'll have an updated forecast tomorrow.
Kevin Drum

AT&T, T-Mobile Embrace ‘Open Access’ Fiber After Years Of Opposition

1 year 9 months ago
Two years ago, Techdirt’s Copia Institute released a report discussing how open access fiber networks were a potential path toward boosting fiber competition in the United States. Such networks, sometimes community owned, involve collaboratively building a centralized fiber infrastructure that multiple competitors can come in and compete over. In instances where this has been successfully […]
Karl Bode

Cannabis union drive stalls as company attempts to set national legal precedent

1 year 9 months ago
It’s been more than seven months since employees of St. Louis-based Beleaf Medical cannabis company held an election to unionize. The majority of the ballots — 11 of the 16 — have remained closed. “It’s been quite a while,” said Will Braddum, a post-harvest technician at the company’s Sinse facility in St. Louis. “We’re just […]
Rebecca Rivas

Thursday, September 26 - A call for reparations, in cash

1 year 9 months ago
As the St. Louis Reparations Commission comes to an end, Black St. Louisans say they want repayment for decades of racial discrimination in education, healthcare and housing … and they want it in cash. St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson reports.