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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes; Las Vegas Workers Want 'Right To Return'

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Officials in the Florida Keys have approved a controversial plan to manage mosquito-borne diseases by poisoning the species' gene pool. We talk with the chairman of the board of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District. Also, thousands of workers in Las Vegas want the city to pass a "Right To Return" ordinance, which would require companies to hire back former employees. Restaurant busser Benjamin Hernandez worked for 24 years at Park MGM and is hoping to go back and keep his health insurance. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now's Aug. 27, 2020, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org — and follow us on TwitterInstagram or join the conversation on Facebook.

This program aired on August 27, 2020.

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