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LDPE film demand increases on the West Coast The tight trucking market also is affecting movement. Plastic film scrap has seen strong demand heading into 2021, and the availability of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle scrap has tightened. Regardless of which material contacts are sourcing, all of them point to transportation issues that are making movement of material more difficult and expensive. “Scrap availability for postconsumer A Grade film is very tight,” says Charlotte Fischer, senior commodities manager for PreZero US Inc.’s Jurupa Valley, California, plant. She attribut...

While Democratic politicians and the corporate media blamed President Donald Trump for the mob riot at the Capitol on Wednesday, saying his rhetoric incited violence, many of these same lawmakers and bureaucrats have for years called for violence...

Share: The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) rallied once again on Thursday, and investors are clearly feeling optimistic about the economy’s near-term outlook after Democrats successfully gained control of the Senate earlier this week. While a Democratic “blue wave” in Washington is certainly bullish for the market in several key ways, Commonwealth Financial Network chief investment officer Brad McMillan said Wednesday there are both pros and cons to Democrats running the show. Blue Wave Pros: The biggest near-term pro for investors is that Democrats now have a clear path to more ag...

Women Ran for Office, Won and Donated in Record Numbers in 2020 Rep.-elect Cori Bush, D-Missouri, speaks during a news conference outside of the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2020. Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images By Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And ...

(Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And in both state and federal races, women raised more money than in any prior cycle.  That’s according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics. Political participa...