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Sacramento Company Aids Artemis II Mission | Recent ADA Lawsuits | Planet Money Releases Book
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2026-04-09 15:00:00
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Sacramento Company Aids Artemis II Mission

Artemis II has captivated the world, as astronauts witness parts of the moon no human has seen before. As the crew makes its return to Earth, we’ll meet a small Sacramento company doing big things to bring manned space exploration out of hibernation, with a history that dates back to the Apollo missions - and now includes the recent Artemis launch. TECMA owner and president Sonia Susac joins us about their history producing parts for aerospace programs.

Recent ADA Lawsuits

The Americans with Disabilities Act has been law for more than 30 years. Passed in 1990, it aims to make public life more accessible for the estimated 70 million U.S adults who report having a disability. Under its regulations, employers can’t discriminate based on disability, schools must provide accommodations to those who need them and businesses open to the public must be accessible. And one of the key ways this legislation is enforced is through litigation. People with disabilities can sue businesses they feel aren’t accessible, in violation of the ADA. In California, these lawsuits originate from a relatively small number of disabled people and law firms. Recently, a number of ADA suits have been filed against Sacramento-area restaurants drawing attention to this issue. Business owners say the litigation is a significant financial challenge while disability rights groups say this is the law working as intended. This debate has sparked a number of California legislators to introduce bills aimed at striking a balance and combating lawsuits that have been called predatory in nature. Kate Wolffe is a Legislative Reporter for the Sacramento Bee and joins us with her reporting.

Planet Money Releases Book

For the better part of two decades, NPR’s Planet Money has been going out over the airwaves and gracing the podcast feeds of millions of listeners, bringing to light the hidden economic forces that shape our day to day lives in digestible and often rather funny hour long episodes. They take their dedicated audience along with them on outlandish adventures like launching their own satellite or the time they crowdfunded a t-shirt so they could follow it around the global supply chain. All in the pursuit of answering one question: How do we make the economy fun? Now they’ve turned their sights on the publishing world. Earlier this week they released a book called, Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life. Insight Producer Andrew Garcia interviewed the author of the book Alex Mayyasi and fellow Planet Money reporter Kenny Malone.
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