U.S. inflation is expected to have climbed to another four-decade high in February, with surging energy costs related to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine driving prices even higher. Western sanctions are pushing Russia’s economy into deeper stagnation despite the fact that it is “geared for conflict,” experts say. A restaurant owner in the Russian city of St. Petersburg said she expects produce prices to rise 10%-50%.

Rising gas prices are driving more conspiracy theories about electric vehicles. Theorists contend in Facebook and Twitter posts that President Joe Biden’s administration is intentionally driving up the price of gas to get more Americans to purchase an electric car. Even so, pent-up demand and record-low vehicle inventory levels are expected to push up electric vehicle prices and force many consumers to wait months or even years before receiving an EV.

As American companies approach the two-year anniversary of the shift to remote work, employees are reflecting on the ways in which the office environment did and did not work for them. Many say they felt like they spent their careers in spaces built for somebody else, from the temperature of the office to a “good old boy” office culture. A new Pew survey found that feeling “disrespected at work” was a major reason for 35% of respondents who left their jobs in 2021, while the most common reason for leaving was low pay.

A new survey of local election officials found that 1 in 5 local election administrators say they are likely to leave their jobs before the 2024 presidential election. They say daily harassment and death threats in a polarized voting environment has made the profession unsustainable, prompting many to call for more funding to address cyber and physical security.

The same climate trends in the Western U.S. that lead to massive wildfires in recent years are complicating efforts to prevent them. More erratic weather has removed some of the opportunity to use snowfall to safely burn off debris before the summer, complicating the job of exhausted firefighters. Those operations are a part of the Biden administration’s $50 billion plan to reduce the density of western forests and prevent wildfires.

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