Category: COVID-19 relief fund

Capitol Report (Sept. 14): Primaries Over as Campaigns Prepare for Midterm Elections; Gettr CEO on DOJ Targeting Trump Orbit

Primary season is now over, and we have the latest results for you. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in full campaign mode for the midterms. A Senate committee approved a bill that its architects say could overhaul the United States’ Taiwan policy. MyPillow CEO and election integrity advocate Mike Lindell says his phone was seized…


Santa Ana Uses Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds to ‘Revive’ City

The City of Santa Ana plans to use the second half of its $128 million federal COVID-19 relief funds on community service programs and infrastructure projects, officials said last week. The Santa Ana City Council unanimously approved Aug. 2 a plan to appropriate the second half of the total funds—received in June—to community services through…


Ontario Budget Pledges Billions in Pandemic Recovery Spending, as Deficit Soars

Ontario pledged to boost the economy, take measures to defeat COVID‑19 and fix long-term care, and support families in the 2021 budget unveiled Wednesday, the second budget the Ford government has delivered since the pandemic. These and other promises in the budget will be achieved with a $173 billion spending plan, resulting in a projected…


Hardest Hit Businesses Call for Extension of Federal Wage, Rent Subsidies

OTTAWA—Canadian businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are calling on the federal government to extend emergency relief programs beyond the current deadline of June 5. The Coalition of Hardest Hit Businesses is calling for the federal wage subsidy and the federal rent subsidy programs to be continued until the end of the year. The…