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Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial, of the drastic change that the U.S. workforce has experienced in the past month due to the coronavirus pandemic, as unemployment spiked to 14.7 percent. (AP News — May 8, 2020)
The amount that Uber lost in the first quarter of the year as ride-hailing and travel significantly decreased amid coronavirus fears. The company will offload its scooter business, Jump, and is laying off 3,700 full-time workers.
Twenty miles of Seattle streets that have been closed during the pandemic will be permanently closed to car traffic by the end of May. The closures will provide extra space for alternate transportation methods.
The state only has about 300 tracers currently and has plans to begin the first phase of reopening on May 15. Some are upset that the search for contract tracers didn’t begin months ago, “We wasted two months.”
The coronavirus has revolutionized how Americans work and those changes could be permanent. For many organizations, this coronavirus-caused shift to working from home could be a welcome excuse for change.
After two and a half years of development and less than a year after unveiling a $2.8 billion (US) master plan, the New York-based Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs has cut its losses and put Toronto’s smart-city project in limbo.
How the city of Newark is making sure entrepreneurs of color are at the forefront of business expansion and real estate development
Thomas Hughes, the administrative director of a new board that will have oversight of Facebook and Instagram, having the final say over whether content should or should not be allowed. (The Hill — May 6, 2020)
The total job losses since mid-March that have been attributed to coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown. The unemployment numbers for April will be released today, May 8.
Researchers have employed a supercomputer to help with faster development of a treatment for the coronavirus. “Instead of doing the tests in the test tube, we replicate that process in the computer.”
Officials worry that citizenship and the coronavirus concerns may deter Latino participation in the 2020 Census. As the coronavirus increases government distrust, encouraging participation is harder than ever.
Boston city council members introduced an ordinance that would ban the city government from using the technology. The ACLU hopes to pass the ordinance before the existing surveillance network is renewed on May 14.
The newly released document reveals that the 300 million N-95 masks that California had ordered have yet to arrive. Gov. Newsom is now requiring a $247.5 million reimbursement by the end of the week.
Florida released a list of coronavirus deaths but blacked out the probable cause of death and description of each case. The redacted document reinforces the so-called Sunshine State’s lack of transparency in dealing with the pandemic.
Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation fund is not expected to run out, despite the historic number of unemployed workers, but the state may have to eventually repay billions of dollars, which could increase taxes.
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COVID-19 has accelerated demand for telemedicine services. Recently, state legislatures have introduced bills that provide remedies for issues such as reimbursement and credentialing that have slowed implementation.
Bill and Melinda Gates, billionaire philanthropists, wrote in their commencement speech addressed to the Class of 2020, many of whom will not experience actual graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus pandemic. (The Wall Street Journal — May 1, 2020)
The number of years since the last time that the New York subway system was shut down overnight. The system was closed for thorough disinfecting, and will close each night for the foreseeable future from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. for more disinfecting.
For small business owners, applying to the Paycheck Protection Program could be the lifeline to get them through the coronavirus pandemic. But doing so is not easy for the businesses or the banks that manage the loans.
As the coronavirus further exposed the state’s connectivity issues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hopes to expand broadband services to rural New Mexico to help close the digital divide.
Businesses must comply with the new data security law by July 1, but many employers’ priority is simply to keep financially afloat until then. California’s AG is undeterred and committed to keeping to the deadline.
As workers slowly begin returning to work after shelter-in-place orders are lifted, employers will have to make adjustments to ensure worker safety, like new office configurations and more remote workers.
The Wisconsin capital is in a hiring freeze, stopping all purchases of nonessential supplies and services, and may have to consider furloughs or using some of the city’s “rainy-day” fund.
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, said regarding the vaccine for the COVID-19 disease. While vaccines usually take years to produce, this vaccine could be available for emergency use by this fall. (Business Insider — May 5, 2020)
The number of coronavirus cases in the Navajo Nation. Officials have administered a total of 14,351 tests within the community.
Amid coronavirus concerns, Connecticut has decided to send out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters in the state to reduce the number of in-person voters for the primary and November elections.
For students who were already struggling in school, the coronavirus pandemic might be too much for them to manage. Miami-Dade is working hard to ensure these students don’t get left behind.
While there are still some parts of health appointments that are better done in person, officials are hopeful that telehealth will be offered and become more mainstream as shelter-in-place orders are lifted.
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