Freeze on foreign-issued green cards goes to end of the year. President Trump signed an executive order earlier this week that bans green cards issued outside the United…
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Virus Death Rates at Lowest Level, Secretary Reports
Hospitalizations also at lowest level in two months. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the number of people seeking treatment and dying from COVID-19 is at…
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Governor Cuomo Ends Daily Coronavirus Briefings
As the infection rates slow, New York tentatively relaxes. Since the beginning of the New York outbreak in March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been giving daily press briefings…
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46 States See Hiring Bump, Unemployment Remains High
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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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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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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President Trump Considering Infrastructure Package
$1 trillion could help spur the economy back to life. President Trump and his administration is preparing an infrastructure package focused on transportation projects as part of its…
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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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Human Vaccine Trials Begin Next Month
Final stage of testing for some laboratories in the U.S. The federal government plans to fund and conduct the decisive studies of three experimental coronavirus vaccines starting in…
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President Signs Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
Update to the “Paycheck Protection Program” allows for deferred payroll taxes. When the CARES act was signed into law in March of this year, a section of the…
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