Five Things We’re Reading

Liz Gullett

Apr 12, 2022

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

How COVID Changed the Way City Governments Support Local Businesses – Facing an unprecedented situation, local governments altered how the work with local businesses in many ways, including financial help and permit processes.

This Clever Design Turns Ugly Traffic Barriers into Comfy Benches – A fixture since the 1950s, an Italian lab designed a way to make barriers into benches, something that could provide both physical and psychological benefits.

What Happened When I Stopped Drinking Caffeine for A Month – After years of a daily coffee habit, the author decided to give it up and experienced some positive results.

The State of Globalization in 2022 – There have been major shocks to globalization over the past couple of years. How should managers update practices and strategies to best respond?

Are Some People Resistant to COVID-19? Geneticists Are on the Hunt. – Despite exposure, some people never get COVID-19. Experts are studying DNA to find out why and if it could be used to develop new treatments.

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