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However, in a twist of tragic irony, as food insecurity now spikes and Americans are again turning to the drive-thru for relatively affordable meals — many of the workers who are cooking and serving that food are in the midst of major strikes because they allege that their current wages don't cover cost of living.

This provides for a reasonable amount of dry powder to cover cost overruns.

The MWAA’s board of directors in July approved spending an additional $250 million to cover cost overruns on the multibillion-dollar rail project, but the agency has declined to detail how the money will be spent, saying dollar amounts weren’t finalized and that employees who made the calculations were unavailable.

It wasn’t clear Tuesday when project officials became aware the project had exhausted the $551 million contingency fund that had been set aside to cover cost overruns.

Scott Jedlicka, an assistant professor of sport management at Washington State University, noted that the referendum, “which included not just the 10% provision but also required the team to help fund construction, cover cost overruns, and contribute to youth sports development, was pretty ambitious in terms of the concessions the state was able to achieve.”