Update August 2022:Total federal direct payments to help with Covid-19 aid totals $931 billion. While certain programs continue to run, the majority of aid specific to Covid-19 via direct payments has ended. If you have outstanding College Student Loan Debt, you may be eligible forloan forg...
Were Federal Covid Relief Funds for Schools Enough?Congress responded to the COVID pandemic's disruptions to instruction with unprecedented federal aid for school districts. While this relief has been widely chaGordon, NoraReber, SarahSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Congressional lawmakers remain at odds over whether to authorize funding for another round of stimulus payments. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would vote on a "targeted"coronavirusrelief package this week, but the legislation does not provide money for a stimulus ...
Mount Vernon was allocated federal Covid-relief funding for the payment kiosk, which is helping to streamline the collection of thousands of monthly water bills. The new outdoor kiosk helps redirect traffic from indoor, enclosed areas and decreases wait times, with average kios...
last year and in 2020, 1.9 trillion dollars and 1.5 trillion dollars, respectively, was much larger because of spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- mostly for the recovery rebates (also known as economic impact payments), unemployment compensation, and pandemic relief, the report ...
US President Joe Biden has pledged to pass a new round of COVID-19 relief legislation within the first 100 days of his administration. Still, Cullors criticized the effort, saying it was “unacceptable” that moving relief dollars into Americans’ hands was not the first thing the Bid...
must be reported on an employer’s second quarter Form 941.How this rule impacts an employer’s ability to use accrued Employee Retention Credits to offset first quarter payroll tax deposits is not entirely clear (as discussed further below). As with all aspects of Federal COVID-19 relief, ...
Federalstudent loan paymentswere paused and interest rates reduced to 0% in March 2020, when President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The student loan pause has since been extended multiple times by the Biden administration. ...
For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is hosting a “get banked” campaign to persuade consumers to open a bank account so they can easily and quickly receive federal stimulus payments (FDIC, 2021). At the same time, the American Bankers...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- La Salle University is the latest college in Philadelphia to announce it has cleared student balances using federal COVID-19 relief funds. Two days ago, La Salle University sophomore Cas Borowitz received a phone call most could only dream of getting. Borowitz learne...