Segments From This Episode

• As Helene barrels into the Gulf Coast, FEMA faces shortfall for longer-term recovery

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  FEMA will have enough for immediate emergency response, but the latest government funding bill didn’t include additional funding to help communities struggling from past disasters.

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• Ports asks for government intervention in dockworker labor dispute

  by Nova Safo

  Leaders representing some of America’s largest ports asked the federal government to force dockworkers back to the negotiating table as a potential labor strike looms. Marketplace’s Nova Safe runs through the details of the labor dispute and why the two sides can’t seem to even agree on when they last spoke.

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• Southwest may need to change the perks that made customers loyal

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The carrier rose on a model of open seating and cheap domestic flights — a business plan that’s less competitive now.

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