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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) is looking into opening taxpayer-funded, city-owned grocery stores in areas in which businesses have pulled out due to rampant crime. Johnson announced a partnership with the Economic Security Project to look into the possibility of opening city-owned grocery stores. The first step in the partnership will be to perform a feasibility study, but the city did not provide a timeline, the Chicago Tribune reported. Johnson claimed his administration is “committed to advancing innovative, whole-of-government approaches to address these inequities.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday unveiled a bill aimed at lowering drug prices by allowing the government to step in and manufacture certain drugs that lack competition. The bill from Warren, who is considered a likely 2020 presidential contender, comes as Democrats are putting forward a range of new ideas on how to lower drug prices, a top priority for the public and an issue that President Trump has also highlighted. Warren's bill would create a new office in the Department of Health and Human Services that would be empowered to manufacture generic drugs itself and sell them at...

Were you surprised to read why David Moffet resigned from Freddie Mac (FRE)? According to Freddie, its CEO resigned this week because: ...he wants to return to a role in the financial services sector...Well, what if Freddie’s CEO IS right, and Freddie Mac is NOT part of the financial services sector? It shouldn’t be too hard to figure out where Freddie belongs...