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Persistent COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy means that President Joe Biden’s goal of 70% of adults being administered at least one vaccine shot by July 4 will not happen.

Whether you've gone shopping lately for a new car, a washing machine, a game console or any number of other items, you've probably discovered that the stuff you want is way more expensive than it used to be — and increasingly hard to find. The price tags on some high-end TVs, for example, have risen nearly 30 percent since this time last year, as Wired recently reported. New cars are in such short supply that the cost of used vehicles is skyrocketing, to the extent that the price of a Saturn, a brand that's been defunct for more than a decade, is up by more than 26 percent over last year, according to The Drive.

Coupa today announced that its focus on business spend management (BSM) now includes more insights into fostering and measuring a company’s environmental, social and governance efforts (ESG).

On June 4, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed new state House and Senate district maps into law. The Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee and Illinois Redistricting websites provided pictures of the proposed maps. They also allow anyone to draw their own and submit them for consideration.

In the U.S., we’re seeing an increasing number of calls to increase the national minimum wage to $15/hour. Many states and municipalitieshave already passed minimum wage hikes in the last several years, and a variety of proposals are under consideration at the federal level.