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Madison Aument

  • This week's rundown of Inland Empire economic news.
  • National parks across the country will remain partially open during the government shutdown. Joshua Tree National Park will operate with a skeleton crew and conservationists worry that could spell danger.
  • Each month, IEGO, a nonprofit focused on economic growth in the Inland Empire, publishes the IE Labor Market Pulse. The newsletter analyzes monthly employment data to give readers insight into the regional labor market. Today, I’m speaking with Matt Mena, IEGO’s executive director, about last month’s job numbers. Let’s just start by kind of doing a summary of what August job numbers looked like.
  • The US Department of Justice is suing the Inland Empire Health Plan for allegedly breaking federal law. In the suit filed this week, the DOJ says IEHP hoarded and misused Medi-Cal funding.
  • Another lawsuit has been filed against the embattled Riverside County Sheriff’s Department over conditions in its jails.
  • For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. This week, I’m doing a quick roundup of some local economic news... from wildfire lawsuits to workforce trends and gas prices across the Inland Empire. Let’s start with Southern California Edison.
  • In the nine months since two conservatives joined the Redlands school board, a series of controversial policies that have ignited chaos at meetings have ultimately been passed. The board follows in the footsteps of other Inland Empire school boards that have passed similar policies in years prior.
  • The Redlands Teacher’s Association (RTA) has filed an unfair labor practices charge against the Redlands Unified School District over the school board’s flag ban.
  • For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Today, I’m speaking with Jonathan Lansner, a business columnist with the Southern California News Group, which publishes The Press-Enterprise and The San Bernardino Sun. We discussed a column he published last week analyzing rent prices across Southern California. Let's just start with how you compiled your data on these rental prices.
  • Shouting matches broke out, the audience traded barbs with the board and the president threatened to remove the public multiple times at the Redlands school board meeting Tuesday. The board passed a book removal policy and a ban on obscene material in classrooms.