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    State Budget Crises

    Jan 03, 2003 05:00 AM EDT

    ... the things the other governors have mentioned and I think we are all quite hopeful that things will turn around and the economy will get better. I indicated earlier, however, some of the problems are structural. There have been changes in the way our economy works that, in the long ...

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    Roads, Rails and Rejection

    Nov 20, 2002 05:00 AM EDT

    ... billion for mass transit, the most the state has ever dedicated for that purpose. Democratic consultant Cathy Allen says there's a simpler explanation for the vote, in a state with the country's highest unemployment rate. CATHY ALLEN: Perhaps what we have to learn is don't go asking ...

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    How We Live: Philadelphia

    Oct 02, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... s what's hard about NTI: Philadelphia must figure out quickly which blocks need a small, subtle intervention to prevent blight... and which blocks set the wrecking balls swinging... And clean up 30,000 vacant lots -- All at the same time, Mayor in meeting the mayor must cut construction costs ...

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    Economic Aftershock

    Nov 02, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    ... what's holding the economy back right now. Consumer confidence is down and that has something to do with the attacks of September 11 but the fact is that a recession has a self-reinforcing mechanism built into it. As workers lose jobs and cut back hours, their income falls ...

  • Cuba and U.S. Relations: Blaming the Blockade

    Cuba and U.S. Relations: Blaming the Blockade

    Jul 18, 2001 07:38 PM EDT

    ... PHIL GRAMM: Our position has always been a commitment to isolation, the isolation of Cuba, and a commitment to overthrowing Fidel Castro. Today, with this bill, we go back to that policy and we hit Fidel Castro where it hurts the most. We hit him in the pocketbook. PAUL SOLMAN ...

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    Senate Shakeup

    May 30, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    Five former Senators discuss the power shift in the Senate. Jim Lehrer talks with Republicans John Danforth of Missouri, Hank Brown of Colorado and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, and Democrats David Boren of Oklahoma and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas.

  • Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

    Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

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    The trial shed light on the bitter falling-out between the two Silicon Valley titans and the beginnings of OpenAI, now a company valued at $852 billion and moving toward potentially one of the largest initial public offerings in history.

  • Tariffs on lumber, appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects

    Tariffs on lumber, appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects

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    The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some already in place, others set to take effect in a few weeks — are already driving up the cost of building materials used in new residential construction and home remodeling projects.

  • WATCH: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returns an asteroid soil sample to Earth

    WATCH: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returns an asteroid soil sample to Earth

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    Experts say the rocks and dust the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft plucked from an asteroid named Bennu will fuel scientific research for generations.

  • Extreme heat further complicates the lives of homeless women and LGBTQ people

    Extreme heat further complicates the lives of homeless women and LGBTQ people

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    As climate change exacerbates the effects of weather events like flooding, hurricanes and wildfires, it increases the likelihood of more displaced people who are facing housing insecurity and homelessness.