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Peggy Lowe

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Peggy Lowe is investigations editor at KCUR and Harvest Public Media in Kansas City.

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Farmers are struggling in the pandemic economy

by Peggy Lowe
Jul 20, 2020
A study finds emergency government money will make up more than a third of farm income.
Dairy cows in a field at Grazing Plains Farm near Newton in central Kansas.
Courtesy of Jason Schmidt
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Colleges grapple with student food insecurity during COVID-19

by Peggy Lowe
May 8, 2020
Schools are trying to assess student needs through the summer, and possibly through the coming year
Anthony Maly, senior program manager in the University of Missouri-Kansas City Office of Student Involvement, unloads canned goods at the school’s food pantry.
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T-Mobile-Sprint merger could affect millions of prepaid wireless customers

by Peggy Lowe
Mar 6, 2020
Sprint sold off one of its prepaid brands, Boost Mobile, to Dish Network.
A man talks on his phone as he walks past a Sprint on store in New York City.
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Brands are publishing print magazines. John Deere knows a thing or two about that.

by Peggy Lowe
Feb 17, 2020
if it's a trend, it's one the Midwest company has been on top of for 125 years.
The Furrow, a magazine published by the John Deere Co. since 1895.
Courtesy John Deere Co.
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Midwest flooding brings high infrastructure costs

by Peggy Lowe
Dec 27, 2019
A lot of repair and recovery work hasn't even started yet.
Tom Bullock, emergency services director of Holt County, Missouri, stands on a broken bridge on U.S. 159. Although a state contract has been issued for its repair, work still hasn’t started.
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Why is the Sprint-T-Mobile merger taking so long?

by Peggy Lowe
Nov 15, 2019
The deal continues to be subject to a lawsuit by state attorneys general.
A pedestrian walks by a Sprint store in San Francisco, California.
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Breakfast with your paint supplies? Home Depot tests in-store café

by Peggy Lowe
Oct 22, 2019
The café at a Home Depot in Kansas City is the first of its kind.
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After the flood comes the enormous pile of burning soybeans

by Peggy Lowe
Aug 22, 2019
Following severe flodding in the Midwest, a pile of 650,000 bushels of soybeans in rural Missouri spontaneously combusted and have been burning for a month.
This pile of soybeans, once 650,000 bushels, has been burning since mid-July.
(Peggy Lowe for Marketplace
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Savings app aims to combat predatory payday loans

by Peggy Lowe
Aug 9, 2019
Still in its pilot phase, Onward promotes saving in small increments with a view to building a nest egg and eventually creating credit.
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Why "Sears light" concept stores are focused on appliances

by Peggy Lowe
Jun 21, 2019
Sears Home & Life stores are smaller and hope to attract "young, forming families."
The Sears Home & Life store is one of three in the U.S., and focuses on appliances and Sears’ well-known brands.
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