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The next form of stimulation will probably shed support for local and state authorities

For the newest information about the continuing stimulation discussions, please check our policy here. Along with high Washington negotiators reach to get a long-delayed arrangement on COVID-19 aid, rank-and-file Democrats seem increasingly resigned to having to fall, for the time being, a scaled-back requirement for monetary relief for states and local authorities whose budgets are […]

Happy New Year! Nothing is going to change

It’s tempting and fun to make predictions for a new year, particularly when they’re optimistic. All the things are seeds now. What will they grow into? It’s also fun to read predictions because they so often turn out to be wildly wrong.  That said, this is a tough year for prognosticators. The challenges we face […]

Trump’s delayed signing of the new relief bill won’t create a loss of unemployment payments after all

A $900 billion stimulus bill passed into law on Sunday will, along with other programs, provide extended and enhanced unemployment benefits to millions of Americans. But leading up to the bill’s passage, state agencies and labor experts believed that President Donald Trump’s delay in signing the bill would create a one-week gap in benefits for […]