08/28/2017: St. Louis is shrinking its minimum wage

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• Study shows racial disparities in infant intensive care

  by Dan Gorenstein

  

  “Our research is not uncovering racial bias,” the lead author at Stanford says.

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• St. Louis’ minimum wage is dropping today

  by Reema Khrais

  Starting today, more than 30,000 workers in St. Louis could see their paychecks shrink. The city’s minimum wage is dropping from $10 an hour to $7.70. That’s because of a new state law that says cities can’t set a higher minimum wage than the state. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• Budgeting for Hurricane Harvey relief could stop Trump’s plans to shut down the government

  by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen

  

  The president has threatened to let government funding run out if he doesn't get money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. But that could leave out funds for storm aid.

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• 08/28/2017: The real cost of a natural disaster

  by David Brancaccio

  With Hurricane Harvey causing many refineries in Texas to temporarily shut down, we'll chat with Energy Intelligence analyst Barbara Shook about the effects this is having on crude oil and gasoline prices. Afterwards, we'll chat with University of South Carolina professor Robert Hartwig about why many people are left without flood insurance, and the difference between how much insured damage the industry has to pay out, and the overall economic cost of a natural disaster.

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