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May 29 2023
News
The debt ceiling glide path comes into view
With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross SPECIAL REPORT — This morning, POLITICO’s Victoria Guida takes a look at the pandemic-era policies that led to a historic closing of the income gap in the U.S. — and how a move away from those policies threatens those gains. “One of the lowest tiers of earners — people making an average of $12.50 per hour nationally — saw their pay grow nearly 6 percent
Politico
May 29 2023
News
Four Thoughts on DeAndre Hopkins' Release From Arizona Cardinals
Back in March of 2020, just as the world was shutting itself down at the outset of the COVID pandemic, Bill O'Brien made a decision that would begin the tailspin that ultimately ended his career with the Houston Texans — he traded All Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals in one of the most lopsided deals in the history of the league.The trade brought the Texans a broken,
Houston Press
Mar 13 2023
News
Ten More People Charged In "Feeding Our Future" Pandemic Fraud in Minnesota - KVRR Local News
Ten More People Charged In “Feeding Our Future” Pandemic Fraud in Minnesota ST. PAUL — Ten more people are charged in the $250 million “Feeding Our Future” fraud scheme in Minnesota. Nearly all of the defendants are from the Twin Cities metro. There are now 60 people tied to the Minneapolis-St. Paul nonprofit that are facing charges. The money was meant to feed low-income kids during the
KVRR
Feb 28 2023
News
Newsom rescinds California's COVID-19 state of emergency, marking an end to the pandemic era
California’s COVID-19 state of emergency officially ends Tuesday, bringing a symbolic close to one of the most challenging chapters of state history and of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political career. The Democratic governor declared the state of emergency three years ago, giving himself broad executive powers to protect Californians from an unpredictable and deadly virus. After previously resisting
Los Angeles Times
Sep 23 2022
News
Is the Pandemic Over . . . or Not?
There is no widely accepted scientific definition of when a pandemic starts or ends. Ending it is a political decision, and Joe Biden has made it.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, governments across the world have asserted emergency powers in response to the threat of this new biological nemesis. The United States, both the federal and state governments, was
National Review
Feb 07 2023
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Texans brace for the end of nearly three years of pandemic Medicaid coverage
One day, Alexandria Robertson’s carefully crafted life suddenly started falling apart.
She returned from vacation in January 2020 to learn she’d been laid off from her corporate job in the Austin area. Her car was totaled in an accident. At the same time, she found out she was pregnant with her first child.
“I was pregnant. I had no job. I had no car. And I had no health
The Texas Tribune
May 24 2023
News
COVID memorial dedicated at Kentucky Capitol
A memorial to the thousands of Kentuckians who died of COVID-related causes during the pandemic was dedicated Wednesday afternoon at the state Capitol. “This phenomenal new memorial honors the 18,653 Kentuckians lost during this once-a-century pandemic,” said Gov. Andy Beshear, who was on hand for the dedication. “It will stand in a place of prominence in the Capitol Monument Park for
The Courier-Journal
Nov 01 2022
Opinion
Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty
In April 2020, with nothing else to do, my family took an enormous number of hikes. We all wore cloth masks that I had made myself. We had a family hand signal, which the person in the front would use if someone was approaching on the trail and we needed to put on our masks. Once, when another child got too close to my then-4-year-old son on a bridge, he yelled at her “SOCIAL DISTANCING!”
Emily Oster
May 28 2023
News
Debt-Ceiling Deal Reached Days Before Default Deadline
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Ky.) and President Joe Biden reached an agreement, in principle, to raise the debt ceiling for two years on Saturday night, potentially averting a national economic crisis.
Early reports of the deal suggest that non-defense-related discretionary spending would be capped at a 1 percent increase until 2025, pushing the next contentious round of negotiations
National Review
May 26 2023
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Ramaswamy Calls on Microsoft CEO to 'Condemn LinkedIn's Censorship'
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said LinkedIn’s “claim that their decision to censor me was an ‘error'” is “laughable” and challenged Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to “publicly condemn LinkedIn’s censorship.” On Thursday, Ramaswamy announced that Mircosoft-owned LinkedIn had “locked” his account, as it determined he posted “misleading or inaccurate information” on the platform
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