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Pedestrians walk along Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 22, 2021. After a year of Zoom meetings and awkward virtual happy hours, New York's youngest aspiring financiers have returned to the offi After the national gas price average hit a new record-high overnight Friday, some employees are raising concerns that they can’t afford daily commutes amid pain at the pump.Google Maps workers recently wrote in a petition that the cost of gas wiped out their paychecks, which was followed by support from the workers’ union for Google’s parent company Alphabet signaling in a tweet "there’s a problem" "when you’re not even paid enough to make it to work.""Gas is around $5 per gallon currently," the petition read, per The New York Times' report, "and many of us in the office are not able to afford to live close to the office due to our low salaries and the high cost of housing."But it’s not just tech workers – 22% of Americans commute 30 minutes or more, according to data from Statista.

WASHINGTON - Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal Thursday that would tap unused coronavirus aid, a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's more sweeping plan as the two sides struggle to negotiate a bipartisan compromise and remain far apart on how to pay for the massive spending.The Republican offer would increase spending by $91 billion on roads and bridges, $48 billion on water resources and $25 billion on airports, according to a one-page summary released by the GOP negotiators. It also would provide for one-time increases in broadband investments, at $65 billion, and $22 billion on rail.UNITED STATES - MAY 27: From left, Sen.