What to Expect in a Government Shutdown As Congress races against the clock to come up with a new bill to fund the government, the chances of a shutdown are increasing. Here’s how it could affect you. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton Dec. 19, 2024 Economic Reports Show Strong ...
The shutdown was profoundly strange and has had lasting effects on our national psyche. But memories fade, circumstances change, opinions shift. Three years later, the decision by local, state and federal government officials to limit spread of the virus continues to spark rancorous battl...
State government in Pennsylvania had the second highest percentage of essential establishments but its percentage of employment considered essential was surpassed by privately-owned businesses. The difference between essential establishments and employment within state government organizations likely reflects the r...
In fact, “if economic trends continue at this rate, one in five business owners anticipates they won’t make it until the end of the year,” Kevin Kuhlman, the vice president of federal government relations for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a nonprofit small-busines...
By mid-March 2020, it was clear that a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had reached the shores of the United States. State-mandated lockdowns temporarily shuttered many nonessential businesses, the U.S. government instituted travel bans to many countries, and, among businesses still open, many ...
Reporting from the New York Times rounded up four separate academic studies looking at China’s most recent COVID wave that accelerated after the government relaxed its Zero-COVID restrictions in December. They all pointed to similar results: That wave may have killed between one million and 1.5...
May 23, 2020 John Leguizamo on the impact of COVID-19 in communities of color and how he's helping 4:07 Rev. William Barber on impact COVID-19 reopening may have on impoverished communities 7:10 The nation’s capital tells a tale of two cities ...
During the initial phase of the outbreak, the local government in Wuhan announced the suspension of public transportation on January 23, 2020, shutting down airports, railway stations, and other public places in the city to prevent further disease transmission. In hindsight, these measures were ...
US government shutdown possible after funding bill opposition A last-minute bill to fund the government has lost support from Republicans, setting the government on path towards a shutdown. December 19, 2024 9:18am PST video Federal Reserve lowers interest rates ...
I don’t think so. I said that whoever was staying in the hostel, we had to sit them down right now and get them out and home – I was locking the door on March 16. I wasn’t going to wait for the government to lock down.” ...