Matthew Yglesias
Slow Boring, cohosting https://t.co/wxUj3JFSFf, Bloomberg columnist
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5 days ago |
thetimes-tribune.com | Matthew Yglesias
America’s mass transit agencies are teetering on the brink of collapse. The money they got from Congress to help them through COVID-19 is running out, but ridership remains below what it was before the pandemic. Lower fare revenue plus higher wage costs equals a bigger deficit. Unless state governments fill that gap, agencies will need to dramatically curtail service. Yet service levels are one of the primary determinants of ridership.
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5 days ago |
slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias
Hakeem Jeffries joined me yesterday to talk about the Republican reconciliation bill, the Knicks playoff run, and his ideas about reintroducing the Democratic Party to the public. Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Slow Boring to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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5 days ago |
slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias
I had the opportunity to speak briefly with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday. His main goal was to talk about the Republican budget reconciliation bill that will cut taxes, cut Medicaid and SNAP, and raise interest rates by increasing the deficit — though with quantities as yes unknown. But we also talked a bit about the Knicks playoff run, about midterm recruiting, and about how he wants to introduce himself and re-introduce the Democratic Party to the country.
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5 days ago |
slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias
After a prolonged effort to steal the seat, North Carolina Republicans have thrown in the towel and conceded defeat in the Supreme Court race against Democrat Allison Riggs. This race on its own doesn’t have huge implications, but it’s one step on the way to securing a Supreme Court majority that would force North Carolina to un-gerrymander its congressional and state legislative districts and bring a greater dose of democracy to an important state.
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5 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Matthew Yglesias
America’s mass transit agencies are on the brink of collapse. The money they got from Congress to help them through COVID-19 is running out, but ridership remains below what it was before the pandemic. Lower fare revenue plus higher wage costs equals a bigger deficit. Unless state governments fill that gap, agencies will need to dramatically curtail service. Yet service levels are one of the primary determinants of ridership.
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