The SLFRF was spared from COVID aid funding clawbacks in the bipartisan deal passed by Congress last month to raise the federal debt ceiling because the funds already had been transferred to and local governments. Like other federal COVID relief programs, the state and ...
There’s also no agreement on what levels of debt and deficits are sustainable, and the number of deficit doves has swelled over the past decade. Those skeptical of the fiscal warnings note that the government has run large deficits for well over a decade without the predicted increase in int...
Answering a question from one of the students about key lessons and takeaways from the Covid-19 pandemic, Secretary Clinton said, “There are several lessons, but most importantly, 1) We need to have supply chains in our countries and immediate regions so that we are not dependent and are ...
Wolters Kluwer has launched a new technology solution to help US lenders secure loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under a government relief programme. The Main Street Lending Program issues special loans to SMEs The vendor says iLien for Main Street can aid banks offering ...
The EU has no unified COVID-19 tourism or border policy, but has been working for months on a joint digital travel certificate for those vaccinated, freshly tested, or recently recovered from the virus. EU lawmakers endorsed the plan last week. The free certificates, which will c...
COVID-19Critical race theoryEconomic relief policiesHuman rightsLatCritUS immigrantsUndocumentedWorker rightsJournal of Human Rights and Social Work - Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, undocumented immigrants in the United States were vulnerable both to unemployment and to COVID-19 ...
The push from Joe Biden comes as he tries to shift attention back to the economy and the Covid-19 crisis just a day after Washington was consumed by President Donald Trump’s second impeachment© Getty Images Biden to push $1.9tn stimulus for pandemic-battered US economyonfacebook(opens in...
"I've been very clear this is not an airline bailout," Mnuchin said. "And that taxpayers need to be compensated for relief they're giving to airlines." U.S. airlines are preparing to tap the government for up to $25 billion in grants to cover payroll in a sharp travel downturn trigg...
The 2023 school-based survey, conducted between March and June, was the first clear sign of a drop in the use of vapes and other e-cigarettes by students, typically aged 14-18 years old, since the COVID-19 pandemic when year-over-year comparisons were difficult. The annual Nati...
The US coronavirus outbreak has altered daily life in almost every way. Here’s the latest updates on US Covid-19 cases, deaths, the lockdown, the government response, unemployment and more.