Marketplace Morning Report Stories

The home construction market has already been dealing with shortages of skilled labor and building materials, along with expensive construction loans. Those factors will add to the costs of rebuilding communities destroyed by fires.

As the second Trump administration begins, people have kept up their spending — but not all for the same reasons.

The Theater of Public Policy presents complex, thorny issues utilizing improv comedy.

Concerns about energy reliability and extreme weather in states like Texas have boosted interest in solar panels, batteries and insulation.

Trump promised tariffs on Day One. None have been announced so far.

Revenue and attendance have rebounded from the COVID downturn, boosted by diversity and inclusion efforts that drew a broader fan base.

The political change could stir discord among workers who need to collaborate. But employers can preserve productivity and possibly friendships.

“We’re never going to get to affordability if we don’t get insurers back into California. And the way we do that is by bringing down the risk,” said Ricardo Lara, the California Insurance Commissioner.

Over the first 10 years of the 21st century, developing economies were growing at historically fast rates. That has since changed.

Both programs are major sources of government spending and could find themselves in the sights of those who want to slash federal budgets.