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Savannah Peters

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Savannah is a reporter based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her reporting centers on Indigenous communities and rural economies.

Latest Stories (326)

The NFL goes to Brazil as part of global push

Sep 6, 2024
The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil — the NFL’s first regular season game played in South America.
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Costco's membership price hike is part of a trend in the subscription economy

Sep 5, 2024
Shared memberships are out, and squeezing more value out of existing members is in.
In addition to an annual fee hike, Costco is also cracking down on membership sharing.
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Tribal nations are filling gaps while a USDA food distribution program struggles

Sep 4, 2024
Back in February, the USDA told tribal leaders it was consolidating the FDPIR supply chain from two warehouses serving tribes all over the country to just one.
"There’s challenges in rural areas to buying food," said Mary Greene Trottier, director of the Spirit Lake Tribe's Food Distribution Program. "That’s why FDPIR exists in the first place."
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New FTC rule aims to simplify subscription cancellations

Sep 3, 2024
Firms that sell subscriptions can count on significant revenue boosts from consumer spaciness. It helps if customers have to jump through hoops once they realize they’re shelling out for a product they don’t need. 
The FTC rule should be finalized soon, but many firms have already gotten in the habit of offering clear disclosures and easy cancellation. 
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The 2024 Paralympic Games are seeing a wave of investment

Aug 30, 2024
The advent of social media has expanded the pool of sponsorship dollars. A record number of networks will cover this year’s events.
Athletes from Kazakhstan and France compete in sitting volleyball during the 2024 Paralympic Games. Paralympic ad sales are up 60% over the Tokyo games in 2021, NBC reported.
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Retired Americans tend to feel good about their finances. Workers, not so much.

Aug 22, 2024
There's a persistent, widening gap between workers’ gloomy expectations and retirees’ rosy reports in an annual Gallup survey.
People dance at a Florida retirement community. A Gallup poll shows retired Americans are generally comfortable with their finances, but many still working are anxious about the future.
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The snack-ification of Americans’ diets isn’t going anywhere

Aug 14, 2024
Candy giant Mars, maker of M&M's, will acquire Cheez-It parent Kellanova, signaling that these brands are still betting on snacks.
Mars will purchase Kellanova, the maker of popular snack brands including Cheez-It and Eggo, for about $36 billion.
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Why the New York Fed asks ordinary folks where inflation is headed

Aug 12, 2024
Consumers' price expectations influence how they save and spend their money, potentially creating self-fulfilling prophecies.
Even though consumers don't make scientific predictions, there's value in understanding their expectations of the economy.
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Oklahoma turned down federal food aid for kids. Tribal nations stepped up.

Aug 9, 2024
Cherokee, Chickasaw and Muscogee nations are offering Summer EBT in an area home to over 100,000 eligible Native and non-Native kids.
Oklahoma declined to participate in the USDA Summer EBT program. Above, Gov. Kevin Stitt.
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Biden administration tries again to relieve student debt

Aug 1, 2024
It's trying a different route to loan forgiveness, but it is unclear how successful the plan will be.
President Joe Biden's administration is eyeing statutory rules changes to waive accrued interest in its latest attempt at debt relief. Above, Biden in April.
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