Feb 8, 2019

The government could shut down again next week and some workers still don’t have back pay

The government reopened two weeks ago, which means, yes, we're just one week from another potential shutdown. The thing is, it takes time to get an organization that large started again. Case in point: Thousands of workers still don't have back pay. We'll start with that, and the biggest economic headlines of the week. Plus: How streaming music is changing life for artists in Mexico.

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Government shutdown 2019

2 weeks after the shutdown ended, many federal employees still wait for pay

by Erika Beras

Feb 8, 2019

The partial government shutdown ended two weeks ago, but thousands of workers still haven’t received their back pay. Restarting an organization as immense as the federal government after an extended shutdown takes time and can be fraught with unexpected delays. Federal payroll processing has been delayed by email backlogs, software glitches and an overwhelming number […]

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Does the Northern Ireland border stand in the way of Brexit?

by Stephen Beard

Feb 8, 2019

Ireland and the EU say the border needs to remain open or paramilitary violence will resume. Brexiteers say that's nonsense.

Activists attend a demonstration by the anit-Brexit campaign group Border Communities Against Brexit in Newry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 26.

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VW invests in more charging stations to tackle "range anxiety"

by Scott Tong

Feb 8, 2019

A Volkswagen subsidiary is pouring half a billion dollars into more charging stations for electric vehicles as sales grow. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. Stories You Might Like E-scooters are now popping up in the Motor City And the markets are back up again 04/28/2017: What a week Back to […]

Charging plugs sit connected to a Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile to an electric charging station outside the Volkswagen AG (VW) factory on May 8, 2018 in Dresden, Germany.

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The government reopened two weeks ago, which means, yes, we’re just one week from another potential shutdown. The thing is, it takes time to get an organization that large started again. Case in point: Thousands of workers still don’t have back pay. We’ll start with that, and the biggest economic headlines of the week. Plus: How streaming music is changing life for artists in Mexico.