McDonald's closed about 200 restaurants in the US in 2020. Half of those closed were in Walmart stores. Walmart and McDonalds have had a strong 30 year partnership. Now Walmart is looking at other options.
Here in Idaho, earlier today, The House Health and Welfare Committee approved a measure to bring Idaho up to that standard to match the federal smoking age. Most Idaho stores are already following the federal law and only selling smoking products to individuals over the age of 21.
This has been an ongoing battle for counties who want out of the blue state for years. This coming May Oregon voters will be able to give their two cents on the matter. If approved, Idaho's boarders would alter to include Southern and Eastern Oregon and the Northernmost part of California.
Oregon is getting a lot of attention as it voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs. This is big for a few reasons one being that this is the first time that any state has really tried this, let alone had it pass.