Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing – Wall Street Journal

Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Shares have been hammered in recent months after setbacks on the factory floor, in one of the auto industry’s toughest operating environments in memory. Factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s electric trucks started, executives recently marked a milestone in uninterrupted work days: The company’s plant

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Loyola University gifted $100M — largest donation in school’s history – WGNTV (Chicago)

$100 million dollars of scholarships are directed to Black, Latino and first generation students from ethnically and racially diverse families. The gift provides scholarships and support services for promising, underrepresented students. It is for students who, in many cases, are the first members of their family to go to college, or work and study at the same time.

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Mass migration from blue states to red states; Florida enjoys enormous influx of wealth while New York (and Illinois) suffer severe losses – The Blaze

“Wirepoints – an Illinois-based economic research company – analyzed migration data released by the IRS for 2020. The Internal Revenue Service information divulged that not only was there a mass migration from red states to blue states, but the re-settlers took with them tremendous wealth from Democrat-controlled states to Republican ones.”

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The Great Pandemic Wealth Migration – Wall Street Journal

The biggest losers: New York (-$19.5 billion), California (-$17.8 billion), Illinois (-$8.5 billion), Massachusetts (-$2.6 billion), New Jersey (-$2.3 billion), Maryland (-$1.9 billion), Ohio (-$1.4 billion), Minnesota (-$1.2 billion), Pennsylvania (-$1.2 billion) and Virginia (-$1.1 billion). New York, Illinois, Alaska, California and North Dakota lost the most as a share of 2019 income.

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