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2018’s Priority Guidance Plan from the IRS and Treasury

From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk

Beth Shapiro Kaufman breaks down what wealth advisors need to know about the IRS and Treasury’s release of the 2018 Priority Guidance Plan.

Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream

Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO

Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio

Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk

Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish

Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more

What happens when the Great Lakes shipping season ends?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Building tug Cleveland at Great Lakes Towing, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

During the 10-week break between shipping seasons, ships undergo repairs and crews are laid off from their work.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO

Ruckus Creation With Seth Godin For Marketing, Musicians, And Purple Cows

From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The DIY Artist Route

Seth Godin joined me in an exclusive conversation on what makes real art (and what is just weird), why most musicians aren't building tribes but sh...

TaskRabbit takes hold in Bay Area divided by income gap

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...

Bought by PRX Remix

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

Teach For America Under Fire

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

From the National Press Club: Sheila Bair

From: National Press Club

The outgoing FDIC commissioner gives her final speech at the National Press Club. She discusses the financial crisis that occured during her time a...

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

How 'Quality of Life' turned Homeless New Yorkers into Criminals

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...

LItigation training

From: NPR Economic Training Project

One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.

Bought by WLPR and KUOW

Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market

From: Patrick De Oliveira

The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

"Facing the Mortgage Crisis" in Colorado

From: Grace Hood

Denver's Rocky Mountain PBS is one of 32 PBS stations across the United States trying to reach out to troubled homeowners facing foreclosure. Calle...