January 2024

TL/DR - Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth has argued that the company is using its stores and brand to bolster its expanding health-care business. The company has been closing stores to optimize its footprint, countering assertions that it needs to pivot away from its stores to meet health-care goals. Wentworth sees the brand as a "leverageable asset"…

TL/DR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners that the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) is January 13, 2024. This program is designed to assist those who experienced discrimination by the USDA in its farm loan programs prior to 2021, and applications…

TL/DR - US Senator Martin Heinrich has toured the Trades and Advanced Technology Center at Santa Fe Community College to observe the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on creating new career opportunities and advancing the transition to clean energy. Heinrich, who fought to pass the Act, highlighted that it included his home electrification…

TL/DR - Uber customers in the Valley area of Phoenix now have the option to be picked up by fully autonomous vehicles from Waymo, with no human driver involved. When requesting a ride through the Uber app, users can choose to confirm or decline a driverless Waymo vehicle. The partnership comes as Uber sold its self-driving research unit in late…