The $600-a-week federal supplement to unemployment benefits enacted under the CARES Act is scheduled to expire after July 31, barring an extension from Congress, which seems unlikely given Republican opposition. (States can only pay this enhanced benefit through the week ending on July 25 or July 26.) For many Americans who lost their job during … Read more
Update to U.S. is two weeks away from going off the economic cliff because of Senate Republicans. The Yellow Sheet, a sister publication of the Arizona Capitol Times, reported on July 10 (screenshot): “Scrappy-Doo,” Daniel Scarpinato from Governor Ducey’s office, is pushing back on this report according to the reporter, Jim Small. Patty Machelor at … Read more
Back in May, the House passes $3 trillion relief package – the Heroes Act – that the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, “Moscow Mitch” McConnell, declared DOA in his legislative graveyard. “It is important to note that more than 80 percent of the priorities in the Heroes Act have been supported by the Republicans in the four … Read more
Earlier this afternoon, Governor Doug Ducey, after consulting with Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and other local education leaders, issued an Executive Order that detailed how approximately $270 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) will be allocated to qualifying Arizona’s Public Schools. Major features of the Executive Order (please click … Read more
Remember back just a few short weeks ago when Congress passed the CARES Act and we were told that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) – “the largest distribution of taxpayer money in human history” – would be transparent and accountable to the public? It was even written into the law, and is clearly disclosed on … Read more