Across America, Walmart is helping small and medium-sized businesses grow.

The retailer's $350 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing supports businesses like

Athletic Brewing, which opened a new brewery and hired 200 people since working with Walmart.

Learn how Walmart's commitment to products made, grown, or assembled in America

is fueling America's workforce by visiting walmart.com slash America at work.

I'm making a robot head with an Amazon box.

I've painted it silver and Daddy helped me make it.

At Amazon, we're actually using paper

bags for more of our deliveries. And now I'm making a paper hot air balloon and I even made a

little brown basket and I'm making a dog that looks just like Monty. Just one of the ways we've

reduced the weight of our packaging by more than 40% since 2015, which is still good for playtime.

Mom, where's the scissors?

To learn more, visit aboutamason.com.com.uker

forward slash sustainability.

Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

I'm back to you by Punchful News.

It's Thursday, October 14th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we take a look at the Virginia governor's race

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