Jun 24 Making Sense: Sneak Peek At a Rust Belt Success Story By Paul Solman A welder at Lincoln Electric. Photo by Jared Manders. We shot footage for an upcoming piece recently at arc welding manufacturer Lincoln Electric. The company, which we last visited back in 1992, is an improbable Rust Belt success… Continue reading
Jun 24 Sneak Peek At a Rust Belt Success Story By Elizabeth Shell A welder at Lincoln Electric. Photo by Jared Manders. We shot footage for an upcoming piece recently at arc welding manufacturer Lincoln Electric. The company, which we last visited back in 1992, is an improbable Rust Belt success story. John… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch In Ohio, How 2 Counties’ Economic Paths Diverged Over 30 Years In Ohio, How 2 Counties' Paths Diverged Greatly Over 30 Years… Continue watching
Mar 15 Paul Solman, Patchwork Nation’s Chinni Talk Income Inequality in Ohio By Elizabeth Shell Business correspondent Paul Solman and Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation recently traveled to two counties in Ohio: Crawford and Delaware. Thirty years ago the counties had similar average incomes but they've grown apart. The town of Galion… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Paul Solman and Dante Chinni Talk Economic Inequality in Ohio Paul Solman and Dante Chinni discuss the two economic worlds they found in Ohio. Continue watching
Mar 15 Paul Solman and Dante Chinni Talk Economic Inequality in Ohio By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Solman and Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation recently traveled to two counties in Ohio - Crawford and Delaware. Thirty years ago they had similar average incomes but today, they've grown apart. The town of Galion in… Continue reading
Mar 01 Making Sen$e: How States Have Responded to the Pension Crunch By Paul Solman EDITOR'S NOTE: We received a number of responses from viewers like you regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e web piece, "Paying For Public… Continue reading
Mar 01 Tool$ Tuesday and How States Have Responded to the Pension Crunch By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: We received a number of responses from viewers like you regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e web piece, "Paying For Public Pensions." So,… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Showdown Over Bargaining Rights, State Budgets Spreads Beyond Wisconsin Indiana lawmakers followed their Wisconsin counterparts' example by leaving the state to halt a bill that would curb the influence of labor unions. Gwen Ifill talks to reporters in New Jersey, Indiana and Ohio, where state budget deficits are going… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Wisconsin’s Crowded Capitol: Collective-Bargaining Protest Grows Amid the firestorm in Wisconsin over whether to scrap collective-bargaining rights for public employees, Ray Suarez speaks with Wisconsin Public Television Capitol reporter Adam Schrager, who has been covering the protests this week -- described as the largest in Madison… Continue watching