IJR News — today's news from every sideUS Plans $30 Billion ATC Overhaul After Outage — Sep 22, 2026Following a telecommunications outage that disrupted thousands of flights, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is asking Congress for an additional $30 billion to modernize air traffic control and airport infrastructure, on top of the $12.5 billion already approved. The plan aims to replace copper lines with modern communications, upgrade radars and radios, and build multiple redundant pathways to prevent future single-point failures, with affected airports including JFK, EWR, LGA, PHL, and BOS.
21% of Americans Financially Prepared, Survey Finds — Aug 30, 2026Across multiple pieces, Americans are juggling inflation, stagnant wages, and a cooling job market, with only about 21% feeling financially prepared for the future despite paying down debt and building savings. Even as most people report day-to-day financial control, many lack a cushion for surprises (a $1,000 emergency gap is common), underscoring the value of small, consistent steps like building emergency funds and reassessing deductibles to strengthen resilience.
Dana Whitfield The All Blacks must start fast in Baltimore or the Springboks will seal the series and take real momentum into the World Cup cycle. Sam Okafor for a Mars orbiter is ambitious given they're still sorting out New Glenn's launchpad issues. Farmers Explore Perennial Grains Amid Weather ExtremesEnvironment — Sep 4, 2026Across the globe, farmers are increasingly turning to perennial grains like Kernza to build resilience against drought and erratic weather, aiming to cut replanting needs, labor, and water use, though adoption is slow due to yield, harvest, and market challenges. At the same time, climate risks such as El Niño threaten future grain seasons in South Africa, signaling broader volatility for staple crops.</summary
BMS to Build $2.3B Houston Campus; Lilly Expands — Aug 10, 2026Bristol Myers Squibb is investing about $2.3 billion to build a 600,000-square-foot modular, multi-modal manufacturing campus at Generation Park in Houston, part of its $40 billion five-year U.S. investment plan, to produce small molecules, biologics, and antibody-drug conjugates while enabling future expansion. The project will create roughly 500 permanent jobs and about 2,000 construction roles through 2030, supported by Texas incentives, as drugmakers continue expanding domestic manufacturing under government pressure to boost U.S. production.
