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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Feb 25, 2021

    What if you could test for COVID at home for $5?

    They're known as rapid antigen tests. Right now there is no cheap, at-home version available in the United States without a prescription, but several applications are in the queue before the FDA. Pictured: A rapid antigen test in Spain.
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    Other countries have wider access to cheap, easy, at-home COVID tests. Will more people in the U.S. see that soon? Plus, the state of unemployment claims in the U.S. after the winter storms last week. And, Biden’s stamp on the United States Postal Service.

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  • Feb 25, 2021

    China claims it’s eliminated extreme rural poverty

    A new eight-part podcast series from The Economist explores Xi Jinping's rise to power. Xi has reinforced the Communist Party's central role in all aspects of Chinese life, says Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes.
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    State media credited President Xi Jinping’s leadership with lifting nearly 100 million people from absolute destitution. But, there has been some debate over how to define “extreme poverty.” Also, competition is heating up in China’s budget electric car market. And, India probes dozens of money lending apps.

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  • Feb 25, 2021

    A closer look at U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains

    President Joe Biden holds a semiconductor during his remarks before signing an executive order on the economy at the White House on Feb. 24, 2021 in Washington.
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    President Joe Biden’s executive order to review supply chains will include everything from semiconductor chips to personal protective equipment. Plus, new evidence of the toll stress takes on teachers, and how it’s gotten worse during the pandemic. And, just over half of American adults have more money saved for an emergency than they do credit card debt. That is actually an improvement.

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  • Feb 24, 2021

    Illinois is ending bail to get out of jail

    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, has now signed criminal justice reform legislation that includes the change, ending cash bail in 2023.
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    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed criminal justice reform legislation that includes ending cash bail in 2023. Plus, changes to the Paycheck Protection Program intended to help smaller businesses owned by women and people of color. And, British regulators take a closer look at “buy now, pay later” shopping.

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  • Feb 24, 2021

    Ghana receives world’s first COVAX vaccine delivery

    Boxes containing COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, a global initiative aimed at equitable access to vaccines, arrive in Ghana.
    World Health Organization via Twitter

    Manufactured in India, the 600,000 initial doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot are the first to arrive in a developing country. Plus, a Chinese court rules a husband must pay his wife for housework she did during the marriage as part of a divorce settlement. And, regulators put a spotlight on “buy now, pay later” credit.

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  • Feb 24, 2021

    California cleared to enforce its open internet law

    California cleared to enforce its open internet law
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    The latest development in the net neutrality saga. Plus, a milestone in the initiative aimed at reducing the vaccine divide between richer and developing countries. And, U.S. colleges are helping to distribute COVID vaccines, but students, professors and staff in many states aren’t yet on the priority list to receive shots.

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  • Feb 23, 2021

    Connecticut switches to age-based system for COVID vaccines

    A registered nurse vaccinates an 83-year-old woman at her home in Manchester, Connecticut, in February 2021.
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    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is throwing out CDC recommendations, and anyone 55 and older will be eligible for a COVID vaccination starting next week. Plus, Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress with an update on the U.S. economy. And, moving forward, what might change in the way Texas manages electricity and natural gas?

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  • Feb 23, 2021

    Facebook “has refriended Australia,” will reverse news ban

    The proposed Australian law would require tech firms to pay for displaying links to news stories.
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    The Australian government said it will amend a proposed law mandating tech giants pay news publishers for sharing content. Also, an international COVID travel pass is expected within weeks. And, the rise of online gambling during the pandemic.

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  • Feb 23, 2021

    Hardening U.S. utility systems

    Experts say the U.S. needs significant investment in energy infrastructure to avert further climate change and avoid power grid failures like the one seen in Texas last week.
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    Some see the battle against climate change as a catalyst for national power grid and energy market upgrades. Plus, the Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to drop two cases on the legality of making some people work for their Medicaid. And, despite a housing boom in 2020, millennials still don’t own at the rate of previous generations at a similar age.

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  • Feb 22, 2021

    Troubles with another Boeing plane

    Pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328, a Boeing 777 United Airlines flight, sit scattered in a neighborhood on Feb. 20, 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado.
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    The aftermath of an engine failure on a Boeing 777 flight over the weekend. Plus, why bond prices are falling and what it means for the U.S. economy’s future. And, a report on which jobs won’t be coming back as a result of the pandemic.

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