Andy Uhler

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Andy Uhler is the former Texas-based reporter for Marketplace, based in Austin.

He joined Marketplace team from the Texas Standard, an hour-long news program produced at KUT in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was a natural resources policy analyst at the Texas Legislature as part of a global policy studies master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the senior producer for the music journalism program Texas Music Matters, and he worked as a co-host for NPR Music’s festival coverage.

Andy's reporting tended to focus on the energy industry and agriculture in Texas. Every now and again, though, he got to report on sports. When that happened, don't be surprised if the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers or Dallas Mavericks entered the conversation.

Latest Stories (910)

Flexible return policies can lead to fewer returns

Dec 22, 2016
Customers associate the quality of a return policy with the quality of the store
Shoppers at Target in Los Angeles. 
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Everyone wants the Apple taxes that Apple doesn’t want to pay

Dec 19, 2016
An EU dispute over Ireland’s tax treatment of Apple is really about who gets Apple’s taxes.
 
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Oyster farms grow in Rhode Island. Are they a problem?

Dec 15, 2016
The oyster farms compete with boaters and other users of the coast's shallow salt ponds.
American oysters farmed in salt ponds.
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Trump orders fast food exec as Labor Secretary

Dec 9, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump continues to fill out his cabinet appointees (though, remember, these candidates have to be approved by the Senate). Yesterday, Trump announced the CEO of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., Andrew Puzder, as his nominee to lead the Labor Department. The appointment would be consistent with recent Trump nominees. Puzder has long been an […]
Andy Puzder departing Trump Tower on Wednesday.
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Trump's stance on tariffs divides Republicans

Dec 6, 2016
Donald Trump promised big changes in America’s trade policy, and as president-elect he’s busy tweeting about it. Over the weekend, he warned that companies that move production out of the United States could face a 35 percent fine on things they sell here. But now some Republican leaders are suggesting they might not be on […]
President-elect Donald Trump exits elevators to talk with the media at Trump Tower on Tuesday.
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Homeland Security reviews use of private detention centers

Nov 30, 2016
A subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council will release a report today reviewing the use of private immigration detention centers. The Obama administration announced in August that the Bureau of Prisons will stop using private prisons for federal inmates. Ending privatized detention centers is a whole different equation. Click the above audio player to […]
An immigrant makes a call from his "segregation cell" at the Adelanto Detention Facility on Nov. 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California.
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Firms trading with Cuba weigh new political climate

Nov 28, 2016
Trump has said he could nix Obama's deal lifting some sanctions with the communist nation.
American Airlines passengers arrive at Jose Marti International Airport today in Havana. It was the first Miami-Havana commercial flight in 50 years.
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What an interest rate hike would mean for the housing market

Nov 25, 2016
VR shopping, mortgage rates, and Coca-Cola's investment in Africa.

How the Detroit Lions helped the NFL own Thanksgiving

Nov 24, 2016
Pro football wasn't always an all-day affair on Thanksgiving.
Nevin Lawson of the Detroit Lions leaves the field after the Lions kicked a game winning field goal to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 16- 3 at Ford Field on November 24, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan.
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More people are traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend

Nov 23, 2016
Gas is cheap, but the economy’s doing better, too.
Traffic crawls on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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