Tag: COVID-19 stimulus
Biden to continue FEMA virus aid for states until April 1,...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is extending the federal government's 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories through...
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed...
Rhode Island to get $1.78B in new federal pandemic aid
PROVIDENCE – The state and its cities and towns will receive a combined $1.78 billion in federal funding from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief...
Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats...
COVID-19 stimulus bill could help R.I. hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island hospitals could see a $28 million yearly boost in Medicare reimbursements if the U.S. House passes the COVID-19 relief bill...
Trump threatens to torpedo COVID relief with new demands
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has threatened to torpedo Congress’ massive COVID-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep...
$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to...
Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – After months of Washington gridlock, Congress is set to act on a $900 billion pandemic relief package, finally delivering long-sought cash...
