Stories tagged: "coronavirus recovery"

Economy States and cities are trying to aid their small businesses, but with their own strapped budgets, can only do so much to stave off disaster without federal assistance.
Economy States and Cities Are Trying to Save Their Small Businesses and Services

As Mitch McConnell refuses to provide much-needed aid to cities and states, some local governments are trying to provide their own aid.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil December 10, 2020 4:55 pm EST
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Coronavirus States Affected Most By Coronavirus Are Getting Fewer Small Business Loans

The federal government’s small business coronavirus bailout funds have disproportionately flowed to states that have had smaller outbreaks.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 11, 2020 4:04 pm EDT
Coronavirus Infographic courtesy Raymond James.
Coronavirus Two States Meet None of the Reopening Criteria From the White House. One Is Michigan.

Raymond James, a major investment bank, found Michigan to meet none of the White House’s criteria to re-engage a state economy.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel April 28, 2020 10:40 am EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election