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The Trump administration's ban on evictions will prevent millions from losing their homes ahead of the election. Those who are already homeless, however, may find themselves disenfranchised.
Nobel-prize-winning scientist and former director of the National Institutes of Health Harold Varmus, and Rajiv Shah, the former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, commenting in a recent opinion piece that strongly encourages state and local leaders to disregard the CDC’s regulations and guidelines which, many believe, will make the pandemic worse. The article comes amid general outcry of the CDC’s change in its testing guidelines. (Ars Technica — September 1, 2020)
The amount of Paycheck Protection Program business loans that have since been flagged as problematic due to fraud, waste or abuse. A U.S. Small Business Administration watchdog claims there are “strong indicators” of PPP fraud.
New York City has announced the possibility of laying off up to 22,000 municipal workers due to coronavirus cutbacks. Yet, the city is still maintaining $163 million in contracts with companies like Deloitte and KPMG.
Before the pandemic, state officials were receiving about 200 workplace safety complaints each month. During the pandemic, that has increased to more than 200 every week. Many of them are COVID-related.
The legislation would expedite the state’s sustainable transit projects by cutting down on driving and reducing carbon emissions while providing a boost to struggling transit authorities. It is headed to Gov. Newsom’s desk.
States must begin establishing coronavirus plans for the November election, but some legislatures can’t agree on what’s best. For Louisiana, that means a federal court judge will decide.
They can't completely replace in-person meetings, but conducting more public business online reduces costs, gives more people a voice and cuts down on disruption. It also can lead to better policy.
Life is an unpredictable collision of people and events that set our lives' trajectory and shape who we become. In this special episode of "In The Arena," host Cathilea Robinett talks intimately of the collision of people and events that have helped define the woman she is today.
Understanding what it takes to implement lasting, meaningful community change
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted the state’s next phase of reopening its economy which includes restaurants to reinstate indoor dining at 25 percent capacity. Social distancing and masks will still be required. (AP News — August 31, 2020)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases within the United States, as of Aug. 31. Even as the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths are beginning to decrease, health officials continue to urge the importance of masks and social distancing.
Big cities like San Francisco and New York have suffered as companies flee. But secondary markets like Dayton can leverage their exceptionally low costs, great infrastructure and higher quality of life to gain market share.
State legislators proposed a $100 billion stimulus plan that would increase weekly unemployment benefits for unemployed workers, but the legislative session is ending before the extra support has been formalized.
The Secretary of State is encouraging voters to use drop boxes for the upcoming presidential election instead of sending ballots by mail, as concerns grow that the Postal Service’s new changes will impede reliability.
The county hoped to become 20 percent renewable by 2022 but that may no longer be feasible. The pandemic has radically changed the county’s budget, funding sources and financial focus which may delay sustainability.
Since 2016, at least nine states have restored voting rights to some people with felonies.
Kristy Parker, counsel with Protect Democracy, commenting on Trump’s executive order that targets protections against social media companies and Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. (The Hill — August 27, 2020)
The number of states that allow election officials to begin processing absentee ballots before Election Day, in hopes of speeding up the determination of a winner as millions more Americans are predicted to vote by mail this year. But “processing” means different things to different states.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is warning Detroit voters of a fraudulent robocall that discourages voting by mail in the upcoming election. The actual source of the call remains unknown.
A cyberattack on SEPTA, the city’s transit authority, may have exposed personal information for 9,300 employees, including Social Security numbers and banking information. Officials have known about the attack for weeks.
The Postal Service plays a critical role in the supply chains of small businesses and in keeping rural America connected. There's no reason it can't continue to do so despite its financial woes.
Thousands of residents have borrowed mobile Wi-Fi devices throughout Dallas to keep them connected to remote learning or working. But as school restarts, the demand still exceeds the number of available devices.
With employees now working remotely and an increase in cyberattacks, keeping sensitive data secure has become more difficult, especially for data on legacy systems, which lawmakers want modernized.
How Houston reorganized to lessen the impact of COVID on entrepreneurs of color
Carl Sedoryk, CEO of Monterey-Salinas Transit, explains how his agency went from moving not just people, but also food and medical services, while providing Internet service for families as the pandemic upended bus service.
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Nash County, N.C., Sheriff Keith Stone, commenting on a crash caused by a Tesla driver watching a movie while the vehicle was on auto-pilot. The collision threw two officers to the ground, but nobody was seriously injured. (CBS17 — August 27, 2020)
The net worth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, which is equivalent to 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. Even when adjusting for inflation, nobody has ever reached this milestone before.
Community hospitals took loan money from Congress to cope with the surge in patients during the height of COVID-19. But the loans will soon fall due and many medical centers don’t know how they will pay the money back.
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