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<p>New research shows that at least <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/long-covid-50-percent-lingering-symptoms/2021/11/12/e6655236-4313-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html'>50% of people who survive COVID-19 “experience a variety of physical and psychological health issues for at least six months</a> following their recovery,” according to the Washington Post. </p> <p>The <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/us/politics/cbo-biden-spending-bill.html'>Congressional Budget Office</a> says that Biden’s Build Back Better Bill will not be entirely paid for as the White House claimed. It’s close, but the CBO didn’t think the IRS would be able to raise $67 billion over 10 years; they put the number at $207 billion. That might just be enough for Manchin or Sinema to take a hatchet to key provisions of the Build Back Better bill. </p> <p><a href='https://abcnews.go.com/Business/john-deere-reaches-3rd-tentative-deal-workers-strike/story?id=81177902'>UAW workers at John Deere</a> approved a new contract after a month on strike. The agreement will see a 20% increase in wages over the course of the contract and significant improvements in working conditions. Rank-and-file working power baby. </p> <p>The Ohio House passes a bill that will let residents 21 years old and older to <a href='https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/582202-ohio-house-approves-bill-allowing-concealed-carry-without-permit'>carry concealed weapons without any kind of license or permit</a>. If the Ohio Senate passes the bill, there will no longer be a requirement for a background check or training. </p> <p>A school district in <a href='https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-district-orders-29-books-removed-from-circulation'>Goddard, Kansas orders 29 books be banned from its libraries</a>. You can already guess the kind of books being banned: the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Fences,” but August Wilson; Margaret Atwood’s, The Handmaid’s Tale; The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas; and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, are among th