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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.
Many workers foresee working from home to be a long-term situation and working from the kitchen table isn’t suitable any more. So how do you create an office without returning to work? By introducing the backyard commute.
While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly where the person contracted the virus. So far this detail has protected businesses, but some think it’s time for that to change.
In addition to managing unprecedented unemployment numbers, states have to avoid processing thousands of fraudulent benefits claims. Sorting it all out takes time, only further delaying relief for legitimate claimants.
In the absence of substantial pandemic aid from Washington, there might be a role for the central bank: longer-term loans. But let's not create another perpetual-deficit machine.
With the highest incarceration rate in the developed world, America’s overcrowded prisons have become hotbeds for COVID-19. Now, the virus has accelerated efforts already underway by lawmakers to reform prison policies.
The Portland Police tweeted late on Tuesday after determining that a gathering outside City Hall was a riot and required the crowd to disperse or risk arrest or crowd control actions. The protests are a direct response to the death of George Floyd. (Reuters — August 25, 2020)
The amount that the Trump administration has promised for research in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The money will be distributed to seven institutes for artificial intelligence and five for quantum computing across the next five years.
A new study suggests that age, gender and even the region of the country being targeted with virus-tracking technology could have a lot to do with its success rate. Experts urge a tailored approach.
San Diego County adopted a $6.55 billion budget that it hopes will be enough to support the community through continued COVID response, predicted wildfires and ongoing issues like homelessness and affordable housing.
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