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Molly Mattin pours beer at Mother Stewart's Brewing in Springfield. The new brewery, located in an old warehouse space, is part of the city's downtown revival that includes new shops and a farmers market.

Springfield, Ohio: A Shrinking City Faces A Tough Economic Future

12:43pm September 19, 2016

by Uri Berliner

As it transitions away from manufacturing, Springfield relies more on lower-paying service jobs. For many, a middle-class life is out of reach. But some see signs of hope for the local economy.

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Pleasure boats are docked along the Erie Canal in Fairport, N.Y. Some are asking whether the canal is worth subsidizing now that it's no longer a major commercial waterway.

A Piece Of The Past, A Price In The Present: Paying For The Erie Canal

5:19am September 16, 2016

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Erie Canal was once one of the country's most important trade routes. Some are questioning whether this historical relic is still worth the tens of millions of dollars needed to maintain it.

Economy

New NPR Podcast 'How I Built This' Begins With Spanx

6:55am September 15, 2016

David Greene talks to Guy Raz, host of the new NPR podcast "How I Built This," about the shapewear that made Sara Blakely a billionaire. She invented Spanx.

Retaliation cases now exceed claims of race discrimination, making up nearly half of all complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Advice For Dealing With Workplace Retaliation: Save Those Nasty Emails

8:31pm September 14, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

The number of claims for workplace retaliation filed at the EEOC have been on the rise and now make up nearly half of all complaints. Some experts in the field have faced it themselves.

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Why Gap Insurance Is Making A Comeback

6:55am September 13, 2016

by Bram Sable-Smith

Gap health insurance plans are meant to cover one-time events. When the health care law required some form of major medical insurance, it was thought the need for gap coverage would disappear.

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Do Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump's Tax Proposals Add Up?

6:02am September 12, 2016

by Scott Horsley

Morning Edition examines the competing tax proposals of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — part of an exploration of presidential policies we're calling, "What's the Issue."

Economy

What Keeps Poor Farmers Poor?

7:49am September 09, 2016

by Robert Smith

The simple answer is a lack of money: no money to expand their fields or use the latest seeds and technology. But economists have a more complicated theory. Perhaps, farmers face too much risk.

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Economy

Meat Industry Turns Florida's Feral Hogs Into Prime Pork

6:21am September 08, 2016

by Jessica Meszaros

Wild pigs are a problem in Florida. Hundreds of thousands are roaming the state and destroying scores of acres of fields and crops. There's an effort now to turn the pest into a profit.

Minn. Nurses Walk Picket Line After Talks With Allina Health Fail

5:02am September 06, 2016

by Elizabeth Dunbar

The nurses oppose the company's demand to end health care plans sponsored by the nurse's union and replace them with corporate-sponsored plans which have higher deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.

Former coal miners are trained as linesmen in a program co-sponsored by the Hazard Community and Technical College and the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program in Hazard, Ky.

Eastern Kentucky Tries To Keep Former Coal Miners From Leaving

5:03am September 05, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

For a long time, coal was king in eastern Kentucky. But the industry today is hemorrhaging jobs. The region is now struggling to rebuild its economy and find new jobs for unemployed miners.