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Related As an attorney working on school desegregation cases in the South, GeDá Jones Herbert is intimately familiar with inequities and discrimination that Black families face on a regular basis. And when schools began shutting down in-person instruction last March due to the pandemic, she heard from many of her clients. “We knew that [the pandemic] was going to have a huge impact on the lives of our clients and students across the country,” said Herbert, who is based in New Orleans and works primarily on cases in Louisiana and Alabama. “As we were assessing the closures, the things w...

Rental scooters faced down eradication in Austin in 2020, with several companies leaving the market when use cratered as COVID-19 took hold locally. But today, the zippy two-wheelers appear to have found a modicum of stability in the Austin market. Love ’em or hate ’em, the electric micromobility devices now appear to be here to stay. But getting to this point has not been easy for companies such as Lime and Bird, Austin's remaining stand-up scooter operators. Scooter rental companies with punchy names such as Skip, Spin, Scoot and Jump all tried to make Austin's sidewalks and streets a...

FOMC Voting Changes Sees Slightly More Dovish Fed for 2021 2020-12-31 10:45:00 Justin McQueen, Analyst 2020 FOMC RECAP Advertisement 2020 FOMC RECAP In response to the coronavirus crisis, which led to a global economic downturn, the Federal Reserve had stepped in with several actions to stem the economic hit from the global pandemic. Interest Rates: During March in two unscheduled meetings on March 3rd and 15th, the Federal Reserve lowered the Feds Fund Rate by 150bps to 0.00-0.25%, adding that the “rat...