Sep 13, 2024

As Hurricane Francine brings floodwaters, are homeowners in its path covered?

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Nationwide, only 6% of homeowners have flood insurance. Also: a look at the Boeing strike.

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Many people don't realize their home insurance doesn't cover flooding

by Samantha Fields

Sep 13, 2024

As Hurricane Francine made landfall, 14 million people were under flood watches. But only 6% of American homeowners are insured against flooding.

Nationally, just 6% of homeowners have flood insurance, said Mark Friedlander of the Insurance Information Institute.

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Yet another woe for troubled aerospace company Boeing

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

More than 30,000 Boeing workers have walked off the job. Last night, they voted almost unanimously to strike. The work stoppage affects Boeing facilities in the Seattle area, as well as in Portland, Oregon and Southern California.

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Latest Census data show an increase in childhood poverty

by Matt Levin

Sep 13, 2024

Despite wage gains, lower-income families have been hit hard by inflation and the expiration of pandemic-era benefits.

In 2021, largely because of a temporary expanded child tax credit, only about 5% of children lived in poverty. Now, nearly 14% of children do.

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