Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) doubled down on the Democrats’ approach toward the debt ceiling on April 26, even ruling out recouping unspent COVID-relief funds, considering that President Joe Biden has said that the pandemic is over and the COVID national emergency has ended. “Look, the bottom line is the president did the right…
Schumer Rules Out Recovering Unspent COVID-Relief Funds in Debt-Ceiling Fight
Another COVID Fail: School Budget Cliffs With Gaping Holes
April 5, 2023
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New York City’s school system went on a spending spree during the pandemic, thanks to the $7.5 billion in federal money it received as part of a $189 billion national relief package aimed at addressing education problems incurred by lockdowns and school closures. Although the funds were nonrecurring, the nation’s largest school district used some of…
Capitol Report: House GOP Holds First Hearing on Southern Border in New Congress; Biden Documents Probe Expands
February 1, 2023
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Another search for classified documents was conducted at President Joe Biden’s beach home in Delaware. What was retrieved from his Rehoboth Beach House, and what was the White House’s reaction? Congress’s first hearing on border security was held Wednesday in the House’s judiciary committee. Is the GOP laying the groundwork to impeach the secretary of…
Man Gets Over 8 Years in Prison for $6.6 Million COVID Loan Fraud
November 15, 2022
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A Riverside County man was sentenced Nov. 14 to 102 months in federal prison for falsely obtaining over $6.6 million in COVID-19 small business relief funds. Muhammad Atta, 39, of Corona, was also ordered by the judge to pay about $6.64 million in restitution. “It’s important that the sentence imposed today sends the message that…
North Carolina’s Biggest Hospital Systems Made Record Profits While Taking Billions in COVID Relief Funds: Report
June 24, 2022
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North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made billions of dollars in profits during the pandemic, while simultaneously taking $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief funds, according to a report released Wednesday by the state treasurer’s office. The report, titled, “North Carolina Hospital Systems Profit During COVID” was published by State Treasurer Dale Folwell who called on the hospital systems to “use their profits to…
Senate Republicans Push to Reallocate Unused School COVID Relief Funds to Security After Shootings
June 9, 2022
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Republican lawmakers are pushing to reallocate $150 billion of unused COVID relief funds for schools to strengthen physical campus security measures in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has partnered with a number of Republican lawmakers on the legislation titled the Safe Schools Act. “While we made some…
Orange County Offers Nearly $4 Million in Microbusiness Grants
February 15, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County microbusinesses, like street vendors and mom-and-pop shops, who began operating before 2020 and were “significantly” impacted by the COVD-19 pandemic can now apply for a one-time $2,500 grant until mid-March. “These are the people that were left behind in those other funding opportunities, and we’re really trying to make an effort…
COVID Welfare, Health, Fears Push Americans Away From Work, Expert Says
Millions of Americans have stopped working—at least on paper—over the past two years. They are only slowly trickling back into the labor force, despite plentiful job opportunities. Multiple factors are causing this, including fear of the COVID-19 disease and self-reported health issues. Close examination of available data, however, reveals the most prominent factor is that…
COVID-19 Welfare, Health, Fears Push Americans Away From Work, Expert Says
Millions of Americans have stopped working—at least on paper—over the past two years. They are only slowly trickling back into the labor force, despite plentiful job opportunities. Multiple factors are causing this, including fear of the COVID-19 disease and self-reported health issues. Close examination of available data, however, reveals the most prominent factor is that…
New York’s Rent Relief Program Slowest in Nation, Only 7,000 Households Helped, Watchdog Reports
August 18, 2021
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Only slightly over 7,000 households have received money from New York State’s rent relief program launched two months ago. The initial rollout was the slowest in the nation, according to a report by the state watchdog. The program is to help low- and mid-income New Yorkers pay rent they missed because of financial strain during…
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