Dec 29, 2020

How those $600 checks are likely to be spent

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives on Capitol Hill on Dec. 20. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

On today's show: Americans are likely to spend their relief checks on necessities right away. Plus, public transit is getting $14 billion in aid.

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COVID-19

How Americans are likely to spend the second round of relief checks

by Mitchell Hartman

Dec 29, 2020

Back in March, many people didn't spend all of their relief money right away. That may be more difficult this time around.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Democrats' move for $2,000 relief checks. Above, McConnell arrives on Capitol Hill on Dec. 20.

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Small businesses still struggling with COVID impacts must consider tax implications, too

by Justin Ho

Dec 29, 2020

Many received PPP loans. And that means new tax questions for 2021 filings.

A closed dining area outside a Manhattan restaurant on Nov. 13, 2020.

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COVID-19

Transit agencies get $14 billion in relief, with ridership still down

by Andy Uhler

Dec 29, 2020

The money will let agencies avoid doomsday scenarios of thousands of layoffs and drastic service cuts.

A woman exits a Brooklyn subway station on Nov. 18, 2020, in New York City.

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COVID-19

Beef market still feeling the effects of COVID-19

by Madelyn Beck

Dec 29, 2020

Disruptions weren't as bad as they might have been. But some consumer practices have changed because of the pandemic.

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COVID-19

Stitching opportunity into crisis can erase pain that needs to be felt

by Kimberly Adams and Alli Fam

Dec 29, 2020

Opportunity and crisis often go hand in hand. Don't "erase the very human pain that's at the core," psychotherapist Megan Devine says.

Nurses and health care workers mourn their colleagues who died of COVID-19 during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan in April.

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My Economy

"Sometimes I think to myself why did you have to pick a product that is not only so difficult to make, but so difficult to ship?"

by Alli Fam

Dec 29, 2020

Shipping gelato isn't easy.

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Music from the episode

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Lau's Lament Eric Lau

Dim Moss Of Aura

F2020 Avenue Beat

I'm a Rock Jitwam

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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