Segments From This Episode

• Why is it so hard for Congress to deal with the national debt?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Reining in our debt amid the debt ceiling battle would require big — and painful — changes to government spending and taxation.

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• Labor is “unbelievably hard to find,” steel company president says

  by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

  

  Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co., believes the labor shortage could be a long-term issue.

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• In a tight labor market, technical training is everything

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Employers need more skilled workers, and some technical and community colleges are getting more funding to train them.

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• Will Britain’s new trade deal with the Pacific Rim make a success out of Brexit?

  by Stephen Beard

  

  Some say U.K. membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will make up for any trade lost with the European Union after Brexit. But others have their doubts.

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• “It’s going to cost us a pile”: Livestock producers in West pinched by extreme winter weather

  by Kaleb Roedel

  

  Livestock producers were hit so hard by winter weather that the federal government offered relief funding to producers in a few Western states. But some ranchers are still waiting for that option.

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