State employment gaps increase, tourism industries hit hardest. With many states ushering in soft to full re-openings in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, an increase in national…
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President and Governors Meet for Small Business Roundtable
Small business owners also selected to speak during meeting. Although the number of Americans seeking unemployment as been steadily dropping since March, the current number of 1.5 million…
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Lawmakers Push for Aid to Restaurants
Industry has lost millions of jobs in lockdowns. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing for $120 billion in aid for restaurants. Their aim is to prevent further…
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North American Travel Restrictions Extended
Canada, Mexico, and U.S. agree to extension to stop spread of virus. The Department of Homeland Security announced that measures to combat the coronavirus are being extended again…
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Study Shows Wearing Face Masks Beneficial
Could help wipe out COVID-19 and prevent future pandemics. Researchers from the CDC and in the U.K. report that there was a “significant decline in daily COVID-19 growth…
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Father of Representative Omar Passes from COVID-19 Complications
Family asks for privacy during this time. On Monday, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar announced that her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, had passed away due to complications from COVID-19.…
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NIH Expands COVID-19 Research
Looking at why underrepresented communities are so vulnerable. The National Institutes of Health is expanding antibody testing, surveying personal impacts, and collecting electronic health data from underrepresented communities…
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House Coronavirus Report Highlights China and WHO Failures
House Foreign Affairs Committee members issue report on coronavirus. The ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul of Texas, and others from the committee have…
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CDC Releases Updated Guidelines
Officials recommend continued social distancing and good hygiene as states reopen. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated safety guidelines on Friday in which it continued…
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Labor Department Updates Unemployment Numbers
Roughly 32.5 million out of work The Labor Department released updated statistics on the unemployment rate in the United States, giving additional insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic…
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