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What we might see in the new year
Jan 1, 2021

What we might see in the new year

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On today's show: A look at how more COVID-19 relief might play out in 2021. Plus, Texas food banks say they could be short millions of pounds of food.

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The Weekly Wrap: new year, same problems

“Marketplace” host Reema Khrais talks to the New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek and journalist David Gura about the impacts of the relief bill on the economy and what it means for the year to come.

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Congress lets paid sick, family and medical leave mandate expire

by Samantha Fields
Jan 1, 2021
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act required many employers to offer COVID-related paid sick and family leave. Not anymore.
A medical worker administers a coronavirus test at a drive-thru site in Washington, D.C., last year.
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Texas food banks say they could be short millions of pounds of food in early 2021

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jan 1, 2021
At a time of unprecedented need, a state program that provides fresh produce to food banks saw its funding cut.
Cars line up outside Houston's NRG Stadium to pick up boxes of food from the Houston Food Bank during the holiday season.
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Oil drilling bids for Alaskan wildlife refuge expected to be meager

by Scott Tong
Jan 1, 2021
Oil giants are expected to sit out the bidding, which would mean low lease prices and measly royalties for the government.
Native American leaders hold signs against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge outside the U.S. Capitol in 2018.
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Is lithium-ion the best way to power a renewable energy future?

by Noah Glick
Jan 1, 2021
Researchers are looking for alternative technologies that could offer safer, greener solutions.
Right now, the U.S. is dependent on imports for most batteries. But many of those metals, including lithium and cobalt, are available here in the U.S. What would owning the production of those metals look like?
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The Game Gabriel Garzón-Montano
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Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
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