Erika Beras

Reporter

Erika Beras is a former reporter at Marketplace. She has covered wealth & poverty, aging and other beats for Marketplace's programs.

Latest from Erika Beras

Jan 2, 2018
Trump trying to fill Pentagon posts
This week, the Senate is set to vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. But like many of Trump’s picks, John Rood is a controversial nominee. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Dec 27, 2017
As President Trump turns to infrastructure, which projects will be funded?
Likely next up for President Trump’s new year agenda is tackling America’s infrastructure. But can lawmakers pull it together to fund improvements to our public works? And what exactly will be funded? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Dec 25, 2017
SpongeBob’s Broadway musical hits the right notes
Over the last 18 years, SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom have been a pop culture juggernaut — a long-running TV show, a movie franchise, tons of tie-ins. And now SpongeBob is making his mark on the Broadway stage. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Dec 19, 2017
Commuters would lose an employee perk under the tax plan
Republicans on their way to the first big victory of the Trump administration keep talking about how many winners there are under their negotiated tax bill. But the likely losers? Commuters, who have their parking, transit or bicycling subsidized by their companies. The new tax plan eliminates the incentive for private employers to continue offering […]
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Dec 14, 2017
Disney announces deal with Fox
A look at the ways Disney will now have an advantage in the streaming landscape.
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Dec 11, 2017
Despite high interest rates, people still sign up for department credit cards
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Department store credit cards, which tend to have high interest rates, have fallen out of fashion. But for some with bad credit, they are the only option.
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Dec 8, 2017
House threat to tuition assistance tax break worries employers
Some Republican lawmakers join push to save the perk for employers and their employees.
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Dec 7, 2017
Proposed tax credit change could reduce future affordable housing
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Advocates for affordable housing worry that the elimination of an incentive program for developers in the House version of the tax bill could result in less low-income housing built in the future.
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Dec 1, 2017
There’s no giving up on coal in Greene County, Pennsylvania
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While there's plenty of money for free job training in health care and trucking, local workers pack coal classes instead.
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Nov 9, 2017
Graduate students could lose big in the GOP tax plan
Many students rely on tax-free tuition waivers to make education affordable.
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