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President Biden proposed a $2 trillion investment in the nation's neglected infrastructure. Most of the bill would fall on corporations, but it is already facing pushback from the business community.

As temperatures drop around the country, unhoused people are especially vulnerable. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to hotel shelter worker Yusra Murad about the challenge of keeping people safe and warm.

American democracy is more vulnerable today than it was on January 6 because the "big lie" that Donald Trump won the 2020 election has spread, says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed three bills into law designed to close equity gaps and expand access to higher education for underrepresented students.

Residents of mobile home parks often face eviction when the parks sell. The parks are expensive, but some residents are getting help to buy them.

This has been a huge week in the world of politics. And it's worth noting that the major stories are unfolding less than three months before voters head to the polls for the midterm elections.

Kyle Davis, the president of the Bloomington-Normal Hotel and Lodging Association, said the industry is generally doing well at the moment, with a lot of growth in average room rates and fairly steady occupancy rates. Hiring and retaining workers is the biggest challenge.

Sold in supermarkets for just 25 cents, these inexpensive picture books — with cheerful illustrations and golden spines — were designed to democratize the children's book market.

When an aspiring writer agrees to look after his old friend's flat, enduring an absent homeowner's passive-aggressive notes isn't the worst that will happen. In his first novel, Care of Wooden Floors, Will Wiles follows a housesitting job gone terribly, terribly wrong.

Religious scholar Reza Aslan found that he was much more interested in studying Jesus as a human being than as the figure he learned about in church. His new book, Zealot, chronicles Jesus' life and times and explains how the historical context shaped Jesus and the perception of him.