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• The good news about the weekly jobless claims report

  First-time claims for state unemployment benefits rose yet again and are still historically high, above 700,000. But Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, says there are some signs of strength. The special unemployment insurance extensions for the pandemic, which included and covered those like the self-employed or gig workers, “those initial unemployment claims have been coming down quite dramatically,” Swonk said. She said that suggests people are being called back off of furlough and gig workers, who may have needed to pick up work to get by, could be getting back to full-time employment. Still, “it’s not as rapid as we’d like,” Swonk said.

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• The Biden administration's plan for funding an infrastructure proposal is to raise $2.5 trillion over 15 years with taxes on corporations. How might that happen?

  Marketplace’s Nova Safo has more.

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• COVID vaccines at Dollar General would boost access for low-income populations, study says

  by Scott Tong

  

  According to the company, 75% of Americans have a Dollar General within 5 miles of their home.

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