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Bottlenecks and failures abound in the U.S. supply chain. Then there’s the Port of Baltimore.
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Kellyanne Conway resurfaced on Fox News on Monday night to attack President Joe Biden’s administration over inflation and the ongoing supply chain issues.
The California business community has an idea for easing the supply chain crisis: Suspend recent labor-friendly laws affecting warehouse workers and independent contractors.
It began with Southwest Airlines canceling over 2,000 flights in early October. Then American Airlines had a similar number of flight cancellations this past weekend. In both cases, the airline attributed the swath of cancellations to extreme weather centered around Dallas.

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