Michael Phillis

A display in the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall, Paramus, New Jersey, December 17, 2022.

Inflation Falls for 6th Consecutive Month

January 13, 2023

A sales associate helps a prospective customer as laptops sit on display in a Costco warehouse, Aug. 15, 2022, in Sheridn, Colo. Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation on household necessities like rent and food take a toll on household budgets. The U.S. retail sales rose an unexpected 0.3% last month, from being down 0.4% in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday., Sept. 15, 2022.

Retail Sales Flat in September as Inflation Takes a Bite

October 14, 2022

Shoppers shop at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Monday, July 4, 2022. Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is holding up even as inflation lifts prices for food, rent, and other essentials. Americans boosted their spending at stores and for services such as haircuts by 0.4% in August, after it fell 0.2% in July, the Commerce Department said Friday Sept. 30.

Resilient U.S. Consumers Spend Slightly More in August

October 3, 2022

Fresh seafood is shown for sale at a grocery store, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July yet still a painfully high level that suggests prices will keep spiking for months to come.

U.S. Wholesale Inflation Declines

September 14, 2022

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January 10, 2023

A towboat and its barges are shown in the channel at lock and dam 25 at Winfield, Mo., on Aug. 19, 2005. The U.S. Army Corps will spend $732 million to expand the congested lock and dam in Missouri. Federal officials said adding a second lock in Winfield will reduce travel time for barges and allow for two-way traffic. Funding for the lock's construction was part of a broader Biden administration announcement Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, to provide the Army Corps with $14 billon for infrastructure and environmental restoration projects.

Army Corps to Spend $732M on Mississippi River Lock Upgrade

The project is fully funded and will take roughly five to seven years to complete.

January 20, 2022

Workers use equipment to remove a section of roof left on a heavily damaged Amazon fulfillment center on Dec. 11, 2021 in Edwardsville, IL.

OSHA Begins Reviewing Collapse of Amazon Warehouse Hit by Deadly Tornado

The Friday night twister left six people dead at the facility and another hospitalized.

December 14, 2021

Volunteers prepare bottled water to be distributed to residents at the local high school parking lot Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Benton Harbor, Mich. The water system in Benton Harbor has tested for elevated levels of lead for three consecutive years. In response, residents have been told to drink and cook with bottled water and the state has promised to spend millions replacing lead service lines.

Michigan's Lead Water Crisis Persists

Free water distribution sites are a fixture of life in a city where almost half of residents live below the poverty line.

November 5, 2021