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Hawaii’s May unemployment rate, a decrease from the state’s 23.8 percent in April. Two and a half years ago, Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in the country at just 2.2 percent.
Democrats introduced a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill this week to help states, including Massachusetts, develop public transit and renewable energy. The bill would also devote $100 billion to broadband expansion.
Charter schools in New Orleans have applied for federal loans through the Payroll Protection Program, receiving anywhere from $97,000 to $5.1 million. Public schools are ineligible for the same loans.
The state’s daily coronavirus count rose to 18 cases, but, while the spike was unexpected, officials don’t believe it has reached a threshold that would delay reopenings. The state now has a total of 762 cases.
Trump wants to cut $127 million from the Biological Threat Reduction Program and redirect the funding toward “more pressing defense initiatives.” Bipartisan concerns have been raised about the proposal.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's collection of trip data for shared e-scooters and similar on-demand devices is being challenged as a government overreach in federal district court.
They must feel for themselves — and act on — the suppressed anger and heartache that the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police have brought to the surface.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, tweeted in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (The Hill — June 18, 2020)
The number of Americans that applied for unemployment assistance during the week ending on June 13, according to the Department of Labor. While the overall number of unemployed workers is in decline, some analysts are concerned there are still new jobless applicants.
This will be the first year that demand for lithium-ion batteries has declined as electric vehicle sales have slowed during the pandemic. But the EV industry is confident that numbers will increase again soon.
The number of residents applying for unemployment aid has slowed down, but more than 2 million Floridians have applied for assistance overall. Many applicants are also still experiencing delayed or missing payments.
Sacramento approved a $2.5 million contract extension for the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. For many of the anti-police movement, the action feels like a betrayal. The mayor believes the tech can help.
Officials reported that the issues experienced during the March primary were partially the result of the new $300 million voting system. “The Registrar-Recorder has a lot of work to do regaining the confidence of the public.”
The parks, trails and other outdoor amenities that make up our civic commons are crucial to building stronger, more equitable communities. Transforming them calls for a collaborative effort.
The program, a cluster of tax loopholes, is making fat cats fatter without doing much about racial inequities and urban joblessness. There are ways to reform it to benefit those it was touted to help.
Deputy director of Fight for the Future, Evan Greer, regarding police partnerships with Amazon’s home surveillance cameras, Ring. Concerns have grown that the home surveillance videos will only further exacerbate existing forms of racism and discrimination. (PEW — June 17, 2020)
The amount that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating to student scholarships at historically black colleges and universities.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unanimously voted to replace 492 human workers with all-electronic systems. The commission says the layoffs will save nearly $100 million over the next two years.
COVID-19 has transformed telemedicine into a widely utilized option for patients to receive safe health services. However, if patients don’t have computers, Internet or don’t speak English, it doesn’t work.
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown thousands of new applicants into the state’s unemployment system, overwhelming claims processing and phone calls. But these issues have been happening for years.
A study by Vanderbilt University has found that the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased 30 percent since early June. Between June 15 and June 16, 448 coronavirus patients were hospitalized across the state.
Dramatic increases in suicide rates had attracted attention well before the unprecedented stresses of the pandemic. Legislators are proposing measures to keep a bad situation from getting worse.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler, after a Wisconsin judge became Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing. (AP News — June 16, 2020)
The proportion of Americans who supported removing election and other political information from social media that was intentionally false or misleading, according to a recent poll.
Missouri’s Department of Labor will reinstate unemployment benefit requirements that were waived during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, including a one-week waiting period and required job-seeking efforts.
The city council has approved a slimmer budget as the city expects a $103 million revenue loss for the upcoming fiscal year. Notably, the proposal cuts $23 million that typically goes to law enforcement.
The $1 trillion proposal would jumpstart the U.S. economy after months of shutdowns due to the coronavirus. Though the plan isn’t finalized, lawmakers are wondering where the money would come from.
Once a playground for the rich and famous, Adirondack Park today relies heavily on middle-class visitors for business and sustainability. But now, uncertainty reigns, as COVID-19 puts lives and livelihoods on hold.
There's a good chance that midsize cities and smaller towns in the heartland will see renewed interest from companies looking for places that combine desirable amenities with sparser populations.
Many of America’s founders were slaveholders yet wrote eloquently about the rights of man. To understand Jefferson, Washington and the rest, we need to see them for what they are, not for what we wish they had been.
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