Stimulus Programs

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Saturday, 19 September 2020

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Millions of children may miss pandemic food aid as states scramble to meet new Trump ...

Politico 19 Sep 2020

A program that helps families buy groceries is set to expire at the end of the month ... Congress created the program earlier this year to help make up for free and subsidized meals that children were missing while schools were either shut down or virtual due to coronavirus....

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Pennsylvania’s cut of $300-a-week jobless aid half gone, apply now before it’s too late, state says

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 19 Sep 2020

Pennsylvania sent $1.3 billion of its $2.8 billion federal allocation to eligible unemployed workers under the federal government’s Lost Wages Assistance Program, the Department of Labor & Industry said this week ... The Lost Wages program covers unemployment from the beginning of August through the first week of September....

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Glitch Briefly Delays Checks For New Yorkers Awaiting Unemployment Payments

CBS Sports 19 Sep 2020

Most were pre-qualified for the last round of the Lost Wages Assistance Program, but in a statement Key Bank, which is responsible for processing payments, apologized, saying it experienced a “three-hour delay,” and recipients did not get their benefits until Friday afternoon....

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Letter to the Editor: Where was Biden during pandemic?

Delaware State News 19 Sep 2020

... PPE and tests? Did he argue for wearing masks last spring? Did he defend small businesses, churches and synagogues during the lockdowns ordered by governors and mayors? Did he contribute ideas for the first stimulus program or rally support for its passage?....

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Outcomes vs. degrees

Times Union 19 Sep 2020

Yet these programs receive little support. In recent Washington discussions of future stimulus spending, programs that would help our community colleges were missing. Even with substantial increases, program cuts and substantial increases in tuition are a certainty....

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The Readers' Forum: Saturday letters

Winston-Salem Journal 19 Sep 2020

Biden bad for economy. Here’s something to ponder ... If elected, Joe Biden has already promised to raise taxes so he can increase spending on social programs (“free stuff”) and infrastructure. If it’s anything like the Obama “shovel ready” stimulus, it would only fall into the hands of corrupt contractors and big political donors ... Stanley G. Simm ... ....

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Murphy used health crisis to get the tax hike he wanted | Opinion

Lehigh Valley 19 Sep 2020

By Carl Golden. The dog overtook the car … Ahab slew the white whale … Wile E Coyote devoured the roadrunner … Tom cornered Jerry ... And New Jersey Gov ... All that remained was an agreement with Murphy recognizing that millions of middle class taxpayers deserved attention from government, modeled on the federal governments' stimulus check program....

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Local Business Stimulus Program - Now Taking Applications

Lancaster Online 18 Sep 2020

LNP Media Group has launched a Local Business Stimulus Program for locally owned and operated companies impacted by the COVID-19 crisis ... ....

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Asian Stocks Set For Higher Open On Central Bank Support

Yahoo Daily News 18 Sep 2020

It also kept its main stimulus programs on hold, citing a faster-than-expected economic recovery from pandemic lows ... “Delivering net economic stimulus this way absolutely can be done,” said Sharon Zollner, chief economist at ANZ, said of negative interest rates, which New Zealand’s central bank is also considering....

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Poverty groups brace for influx of need as extra unemployment benefits expire

Yahoo Daily News 18 Sep 2020

Arizona and Tennessee are just a couple of the states that opted in early to the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program created by Trump’s executive memorandum ... The Council has outlined a for the next round of stimulus, including both a continuation of unemployment benefits and changes to the Paycheck Protection Program ... Coronavirus stimulus....

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More Americans could afford a $400 emergency in July, thanks to government support

Yahoo Daily News 18 Sep 2020

“And we see this whether it's with the stimulus [checks], the unemployment [benefits] or the Payroll Protection Program.”  ... The CARES Act provided a one-time stimulus payment of around $1,200 plus an extra $500 per dependent child, which were mostly distributed in May....

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US jobless claims resume drop in sign of gradual improvement

Killeen Daily Herald 18 Sep 2020

At the same time, overall claims remain historically high, and the continuing stalemate over a new round of federal stimulus is squeezing millions of people after supplemental benefits expired in July and another temporary program started to run out of funds. Additional stimulus ......

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Keith Children’s Academy receives COVID assistance

The Daily Post-Athenian 18 Sep 2020

Keith Memorial United Methodist Church’s Keith Children’s Academy (KCA) program was awarded a grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services’ (TDHS) Tennessee Community CARES Program on Friday, Sept ... The Tennessee Community CARES Program was created by TDHS along with Tennessee Gov....