It’s not just a dorm, it’s their first home

It’s not just a dorm, it’s their first home

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As new college students across the country start moving in, we’re taking a look at the booming dorm-in-a-bag business. Turns out there’s a lot of money in making a 170-square-foot cinder-block box feel like home. But first: It’s been a wild week for political news, but the economic news was no slouch either. We’ll break it all down in the Weekly Wrap. Plus, how more intense and frequent wildfires are changing firefighters’ jobs.