Segments From This Episode

• Judge overturns FTC noncompetes ban

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Noncompete agreements were originally used to protect intellectual property but have become so widespread they can apply to fast food workers or even pottery teachers. The Federal Trade Commission wanted to ban noncompete agreements, but now a federal judge in Texas has blocked that ban.

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• With Chicago in the spotlight during the DNC, how is the city’s economy faring?

  by Nova Safo

  

  Chicago has one of the highest unemployment rates of any major U.S. city.

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• The economics behind a new program protecting undocumented family members of U.S. citizens

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Work permits can increase wages, workforce participation and job potential for undocumented immigrants.

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