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Larry Rother, senior executive director of pre-kindergarten through 12th grade educational services in Chandler, Ariz., commenting on the impossible situation that schools are in during the coronavirus pandemic. (Reuters — Nov. 25, 2020)
The number of seconds between COVID-related deaths last Tuesday as the U.S. death toll reached 2,157 deaths in a single day, the highest since May.
California’s employment agency faces hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefit claims fraud as scammers and inmates have filed for and collected jobless pay.
Many are worried that the unclear and poorly executed pandemic response from the state will be only further exacerbated if Thanksgiving does, in fact, become a superspreader event.
For many rural workers in Fresno, taking unpaid time off of work to travel great distances for a COVID test isn’t feasible. And many don’t get tested because even if they have it, they can’t afford to miss work.
Elections – like Georgia's runoffs – that require majority support can sometimes be used to exclude those in the minority.
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Five democratic senators, in a letter to Facebook and Twitter, urging the social media companies to fight misinformation, particularly in Spanish, regarding the November election and the upcoming Georgia runoff. (The Hill — November 24, 2020)
The number of toilet paper rolls that an Oregon man tried to steal from a residence in Walla Walla County, Wash. The toilet paper has since been recovered.
Women continue to leave the workforce to meet childcare needs at a disproportionate rate compared to men. Experts are worried this could create greater challenges in finding work and increasing wages in the future.
There have been more than 212,000 fraudulent jobless benefits claims in the state since March 1, raising concerns about how scammers are getting personal information from so many residents.
Officials say the federal relief funds would help reduce the lack of adequate Internet connections in the far reaches of the state, but Republican lawmakers disagree with the governor that the funds can be used in time.
Well-intentioned transportation projects during the COVID-19 pandemic to slow or remove traffic from city streets tended to serve mostly wealthy, white neighborhoods, said equity activists at the CoMotion LA conference.
State lawmakers are increasingly unhappy about being sidelined, while complaining that governors have trampled civil liberties or harmed the economy. But they haven't presented a workable alternative to executive action.
Despite fears that COVID, cyberattacks and misinformation might jeopardize results, voting was smooth and secure. What contributed to this outcome, and how might lessons learned affect future elections?
Michael Daniel, president and CEO of Cyber Threat Alliance, commenting on the departures of three top cybersecurity officials in the wake of the general election. (The Hill — Nov. 22, 2020)
The proportioned drop in national public transit ridership in the second quarter of 2020 as compared to the same period the year prior. In that same period, New York’s and Chicago’s ridership declined by 87 percent, while it fell 93 percent in Washington, D.C.
Self-driving vehicle company TuSimple plans on establishing its autonomous truck hub in Fort Worth and may even send out driverless trucks without human safety operators onto routes as soon as next year.
Several Inland Northwest tribes are calling upon Congress to extend the spending deadline for coronavirus relief funds until Sept. 2021, because of costs and hardships that extend beyond Dec. 30.
When federal unemployment aid ends on Dec. 31, the state’s benefits will return to a maximum of $275 a week. Republican lawmakers aren’t interested in increased benefits, while Democrats have proposed a substantial boost.
Due to healthcare’s racist history, many people of color are nervous that the COVID vaccine is being politically manipulated to seem safe. There will need to be a systemic shift for people of color to build medical trust.
Charlotte's majority-millennial city council has accomplished a few things, but mostly what its members have done is squabble with each other. Succeeding as a 'change agent' is harder than it might seem.
There’s a highway rest stop at Smyrna, Del., that’s so big and luxurious people get married there. How did that happen and what does it say about America’s tax-supported transportation priorities?
El Paso County, Texas, Judge Ricardo Samaniego said regarding the dire need for morgue workers as the county’s number of COVID-related deaths continues to rise. As of last Thursday morning there were 247 bodies at the main and mobile morgues. (NPR — Nov. 20, 2020)
The number of Americans who could lose their coronavirus-related unemployment benefits on Dec. 26, if Congress does not extend the pandemic relief bill.
The city will reimagine a stretch of downtown Main Street into a bike- and pedestrian-friendly slow street in hopes of generating more retail and restaurant business. But no city money has been spent yet.
A technical error in the Medicaid enrollment system may have mispaid 4.9 percent of customers across 27 counties. An audit suggests the numbers could extrapolate to a multi-million dollar glitch for the whole state.
The city aims to be “the most resilient community in America,” not only by defending against rising sea level, but also by developing cyberdefenses, medical advances and supply chains to ensure an overall resilient community.
States are working to create plans for what communities will receive the vaccine first and how it will be distributed. Many are worried vaccine distribution will be backlogged, just as COVID testing has been.
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