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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Trotter, a fishery and environmental reporter for the Bangor Daily News, about the illegal eel fishing scheme in Maine.

The Illinois House passed a measure Wednesday night that would give employers greater authority to enforce COVID-19 vaccine or testing requirements.

The Biden administration believes the resulting legislation will still be transformative, but it is far less than what the president originally proposed.

Chris Bolt of member station WAER in Syracuse reports that a real estate developer has plans to expand an already successful shopping mall to make it the biggest in the country. Some storeowners are worried that it may not be beneficial for them.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President Bush's first formal news conference since taking office.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports the I.R.S. is auditing fewer and fewer tax returns these days and that has some observers concerned that some taxpayers will be tempted to cheat. I.R.S. Chairman Charles Rossotti blamed the decline on staff shortages, antiquated computers and I.R.S. reform legislation passed in 1998.

Phillip Davis reports that a media review of uncounted presidential ballots in Miami-Dade County showed a net gain for Al Gore of 49 votes. The interim review, sponsored by The Miami Herald and USA Today, suggests that had state officials accepted a Gore campaign request for recounts in four counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia -- Gore still would have lost the election by 140 votes.

Critic Bob Mondello thinks out loud about a theme that keeps cropping up in recent motion pictures-- Reality TV. The movies 15 MINUTES and SERIES 7 are the latest in the trend.

For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the criticisms of President Bush's faith-based initiative and his policy on power plant emissions. The latest blow came yesterday in New Jersey, and distracted from the president's efforts to promote his budget and tax cut proposals.