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Lakeshore Update, February 11, 2022

A man looks at beef in the meat department at Lambert's Rainbow Market, on June 15, 2021 in Westwood, Mass. The Labor Department said Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with a year earlier, the steepest year-over-year increase since February 1982. The acceleration of prices ranged across the economy, from food and furniture to apartment rents, airline fares and electricity.
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A man looks at beef in the meat department at Lambert's Rainbow Market, on June 15, 2021 in Westwood, Mass. The Labor Department said Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with a year earlier, the steepest year-over-year increase since February 1982. The acceleration of prices ranged across the economy, from food and furniture to apartment rents, airline fares and electricity.

On this edition of the podcast you’ll hear the latest on former Congressman Pete Visclosky officially taking over as chairman of the Gary-Chicago International Airport Authority, Farah Yousry reports on the huge emotional toll caring for COVID patients is having on doctors, and Chris Nolte has a conversation with Valparaiso University associate professor of accounting Anton Lewis about rising consumer prices as the rate of inflation continues to increase. All of that, and more, on this edition of “Lakeshore Update”…

Dee Dotson is the host and producer of our radio show/podcast, Regionally Speaking. Dee is responsible for connecting with the northwest Indiana community to share their stories with the Lakeshore Public Media listening audience.