Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.
State Rep. Brandon Markosek (D-Monroeville) didn't speak until age three and developed a stutter as a child. But early intervention helped him improve. He sponsored a bill that requires private insurers to cover speech therapy for kids ages two to six. It reached Gov. Josh Shapiro's desk on Thursday.
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it.