Port of Corpus Christi remains closed after Hurricane Harvey, but there is hope

Aug 29, 2017
We check in with the sixth largest port in the United States.
A fireman walks by a burnt out car that caught fire after Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Merck executive resigns from president's council, and Trump lashes out

Aug 14, 2017
The council has shrunk since it was formed earlier this year.
President Donald Trump meets with Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co. (L) and other representatives from PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Trump's desire for private infrastructure money will narrow his choices to mostly urban projects

Jul 19, 2017
Rural America, which supported Trump in the election, could be left out of water and road building investment as states and the president leverage private investment. Trump's plan offers little detail on federal spending and timing. Adding to the uncertainty, a presidential adviser has indicated that states should help themselves.


Infrastructure renewal work beneath Penn Station in New York. 


 
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Health care costs are pricey in the small business world

We check in with Cary Quigley, who runs a plastics company in Pennsylvania.
Factory workers at Erie's Sterling Technologies in 2017.
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America's great divide: Those who stayed in their hometowns and those who left

Jun 22, 2017
Polarization in the country might not be as simple as "liberals vs. conservatives."
Signs direct drivers in Sidney, Nebraska.
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Trump restores some Cuba restrictions

Jun 16, 2017
The Obama administration started normalizing relations with the country, Trump says he'll renegotiate.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
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What now for climate change in the US?

Jun 2, 2017
President Trump has withdrawn the U.S from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Obama administration had ratified it along with 147 other countries back in 2015; it was a landmark deal, with 190 countries agreeing to some of its components. So what now for the U.S. on climate change? Scott Tong from our Sustainability […]

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3 things you may have missed about Trump's budget

May 25, 2017
A look at how the education system could be impacted and how Trump's voter base might react.
 Copies of President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget are stacked at the Government Publishing Office in Washington, D.C.
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What we pay for when we pay for a special investigation

May 12, 2017
Taxpayers foot the bill for congressional and special counsel investigations, but where does the money go?
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What exactly is Trumponomics?

May 11, 2017
The Economist thinks it's 'dangerous.'
President Trump told The Economist that an increase in the deficit would essentially be “priming the pump.”
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