Segments From This Episode

• Consumer spending rose last month. Will it hold through the summer?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  It looks like consumers will continue to splurge over the summer. And after that?

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• New laws keep alcohol-to-go on the menu after the pandemic

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Almost 20 states passed or are working on legislation that makes takeout drinks permanent.

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• As another month’s rent comes due, appropriated relief is finally making its way to tenants

  by Samantha Fields

  

  More than 400 programs are in place to distribute nearly $50 billion in aid to tenants who’ve fallen behind.

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• From restaurant to office work –– one server’s change of direction

  by Andie Corban

  

  We hear from Maria Barillas about how the pandemic drove her to start a new job.

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• Having survived pandemic lockdown, a small British theater company takes a bow

  

  Blackeyed Theatre, a touring group, on how the company weathered COVID-19 and the worst financial crisis in its history.

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