Jan 31, 2022

Schools are struggling to spend COVID-19 stimulus money quickly enough

The American Rescue Plan is meant to help students get through the pandemic, but can schools spend the money before 2024? Jon Cherry/Getty Images

We also find out how inflation is forcing restaurants to get creative and why setting OSHA guidelines takes so long.

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We know the Fed will raise interest rates soon. The question is: how many times?

by Justin Ho

Jan 31, 2022

It all depends on how much inflation the central bank sees in the economy.

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To fight inflation, restaurants get creative with menus, portions

by Kristin Schwab

Jan 31, 2022

The rising cost of food is hitting restaurants — and they can only raise prices so much before customers balk.

To avoid raising prices, some restaurants rearrange menus to hide dishes with the lowest profit margins. Sometimes the plate gets a little lighter.

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Are we too attached to old homes?

by Amy Scott and Sean McHenry

Jan 31, 2022

Housing supply has been an issue for years. Could Americans' love for old homes be part of the problem?

"You can find architecture critics in the early 20th century talking about how brownstones are these cheap, ticky-tacky, repetitive developments," said M. Nolan Gray. "and if you look over Brooklyn, right, there are a lot of these things, and they look all basically the same."

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Schools got $122 billion from the American Rescue Plan — and have a deadline to spend it

by Stephanie Hughes

Jan 31, 2022

School districts have until September 2024 to spend the money. In a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, they say they need more time.

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OSHA moves to create permanent workplace safety rules for COVID

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jan 31, 2022

But they could take months or even years to go into effect.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to implement a long-term COVID-19 standard, but that may take a while.

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Music from the episode

Didn't Cha Know Erykah Badu

What's The Difference Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit

Longshot (7 Nights) Miike Snow

All The Stars (with SZA) Kendrick Lamar, SZA

Black Sands Bonobo

A Matterapat Dr. Lonnie Smith

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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