by Elyse Menger | Jul 11, 2024 | Holiday, Menger's Musings
July 11 is National 7-Eleven Day. For the past few years, the chain has been rewarding customers by giving them a free small Slurpee to celebrate. Free sounds good, doesn’t it? But even free comes at a cost. What if you live 20 miles from the nearest 7-Eleven. Is it...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 27, 2024 | Holiday
When you think about the 4th of July, fireworks likely play a part in your celebration and memories of the day. Unless you live in Massachusetts, fireworks are legal, to some degree, in the state you live in. Assuming you can buy fireworks, where would you most likely...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 27, 2024 | Monthly Round-Ups
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from June 2024. Wall Street Journal...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 20, 2024 | Menger's Musings
In modern political discourse, there are often promises to help the working poor by increasing the minimum wage. In California, the recently enacted minimum wage law for fast food workers has been the subject of some discussion. Unlike most minimum wage laws which...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 20, 2024 | Economic Development
If you work in Economic Development, you likely hear the same pushback for your municipality every time someone looks at a demographic report, and overcoming these challenges can prove to be a worthy adversary. You know your city needs new businesses and new residents...
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