Segments From This Episode

• How are small businesses feeling? It depends on whom you ask.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  One survey showed small-business owners in a downbeat mood for the 25th straight month. Another had satisfaction at 85%.

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• Walmart’s bid for Vizio would make it a different kind of company

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Walmart’s acquisition of the smart TV maker would give it significant access to streaming data from ads — the kind that tracks what people buy

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• The mapping tool that’s trying to make zoning laws accessible to all

  by Amy Scott and Sean McHenry

  

  Zoning laws are notoriously arcane, but a new tool from the National Zoning Atlas is turning them into something like a Google map for land use laws. “We want people to understand what zoning says and what it does,” said Sara Bronin, the National Zoning Atlas Director.

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• The trend of small farmers selling to big ag companies continues

  by Savannah Peters

  

  And, diversity is still a challenge in the agricultural industry. According to the census, 95 percent of American farmers are white and on average, are just over 58 years old.

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• Many jobs still have demographically skewed workforces, new data shows

  by Amy Scott and Sofia Terenzio

  

  The WSJ’s Lauren Weber talks about “how we sort ourselves into different occupations and how in some ways we are sorted.”

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• This Indigenous artist made her beadwork into a thriving business

  by Sofia Terenzio

  

  Thanks to the success of her beadwork business, owner Mikailah Thompson was able to start a creative agency for Native artists.

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