Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap: Still no relief

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell and the New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek about why there’s still no new relief package and what the next three weeks are going to look like as several aid programs expire.

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• The hangup on the Hill: Who’s liable for COVID infections at work or school?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Congressional Republicans want schools and businesses to be protected from lawsuits.

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• Community banks are thriving. Bankers worry it won’t last.

  by Justin Ho

  

  A recent FDIC report found that community bank profits rose last quarter, thanks to fee income from PPP loans and mortgage refinancing.

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• Which essential workers should be prioritized for vaccines?

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Pilots, bankers, meatpacking plants and teachers all say they should be first for limited doses.

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• Dry ice makers pressed to meet demand for vaccine distribution

  by Erika Beras

  

  Supercold storage is essential. But Is there enough dry ice to go around as the coronavirus vaccine is shipped around the country?

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• Will business travel return to normal after the pandemic?

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Those who travel for work make up around 10% of airline passengers, but they account for between half and three-quarters of revenue.

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