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What Can The IRS Do To Enforce Tax Laws?

NPR's Scott Simon discusses the ability of the IRS to enforce tax laws with Chye-Ching Huang of the Tax Law Center at the NYU School of Law.
6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.
- Andrea Hsu
Farmers Have A Big Problem On Their Hands: They Can't Find A Way To Ship Their Stuff

Cargo ships are unloading containers in the U.S. and immediately shipping them out, empty, to Asia. That's frustrating American farmers and exporters who are struggling to get products overseas.
- Scott Horsley
Transportation Tie-Ups Are Causing Headaches For The Export Business

The bottlenecks aren't just making it hard for Americans to get their hands on imported products. They're also hurting exporters whose containers may leave U.S. ports empty.
- Scott Horsley
Georgia County Tried To Help Everyone Facing Eviction. Now A Crisis Looms

A federal moratorium on evictions ends next week. But $50 billion from Congress to help Americans behind on rent isn't reaching many who need it. One problem: local rules that deny people the help.
- Savannah Sicurella
The Gun That Killed Billy The Kid Is Going Up For Auction. Starting Bid: $2 Million

An iconic piece of the Wild West goes up for sale: the gun that killed Billy the Kid.
- Dalia Faheid
Even With The Economy Down, The Pandemic Sparked A Small Business Boom In America

During the COVID-19 crisis, almost 7 million Americans have started new businesses. Though an all time record, it's not unusual for such conditions to make people hungry to start their own thing.
- Stacey Vanek Smith
You Adopted A Pandemic Pet. Now You're Going Back To The Office. What Next?

The luxuries of remote work were temporary for many. As workplaces reopen offices and resume in-person operations, pet owners are scrambling to adjust to a new routine.
- Savannah Sicurella
Why it’s taking longer to build homes in Seattle

Home builders in the Northwest are working as fast as they can to build housing for all the people coming to the region. Currently, there are 23,000 homes under construction in Seattle or about to break ground. But they’ve hit a snag. Or rather, a whole mess of snags. And those snags are slowing them down.
- Joshua McNichols
Striking To End 'Suicide Shifts,' Frito-Lay Workers Ask People To Drop The Doritos

As employees enter a new round of negotiations, they are calling for the public to resist the urge to indulge in Doritos and Cheetos until a new deal that includes less forced overtime is reached.
- Vanessa Romo

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