Biden says it was 'stupid' not to have signed his name on COVID-19 stimulus checks like Trump
While speaking at the Brookings Institute, Biden reflected on his economic record following an election where it was rejected by many voters.
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America's big cities are about to run out of money
Cities like Denver, Boston, New York, and San Francisco are facing budget crunches as tax revenues from office buildings fall and new expenses add up.
The Midwest is getting left behind as the rest of America sees big raises
The Midwest's median wage growth was just 0.4% from 2019 to 2022, well below the US national average.
From a Lamborghini to a custom Rolex, here are the wildest things business owners bought with their PPP loans
As of October, the Justice Department had prosecuted more than 235 defendants in more than 162 criminal fraud cases related to the pandemic.
The Trump administration approved a $700 million pandemic loan earmarked for national security to a trucking company despite DOD objections, new report says
Senior Trump officials, "potentially including the president," helped get the loan approved, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said.
Just a third of the money from the government's massive Payroll Protection Program actually helped keep workers employed, study says
The program was "highly regressive," researchers said. Of the $510 billion in initial PPP loans, $366 billion went to the US's top earners.
Reversing Trump policy, Biden's DOJ says federal inmates released into home confinement during COVID won't need to return to prison when the state of emergency ends
Thousands of inmates sent home to avoid spreading COVID-19 won't be required to return to prison after the pandemic emergency ends, DOJ said Tuesday.
Lakewood Church will repay the $4.4 million PPP loan it received in 2020
Initial critiques of the loan said the government essentially handed out grants to fund religious groups which goes against the Constitution.
Some companies in Florida and Alabama are still struggling to find staff months after the states cut enhanced COVID-19 unemployment benefits
Business owners have blamed the enhanced COVID-19 jobless benefits for a labor shortage that has forced them to slash opening hours and raise prices.
Student-loan agencies illegally seized $37 million from borrowers' wages during the pandemic
The CARES Act put wage garnishment for student-loan borrowers on pause, but Education Dept. data found some companies never stopped.
Trump's stimulus created an incentive for your boss to pay up to $5,250 of your student loans annually
CEOs say corporate America should take part in the tax benefit for employers that help pay off student debt —it's been extended through 2025.
The Education Dept. illegally garnished paychecks during the pandemic and can't find 11,000 people who deserve refunds
The CARES Act prohibited the Education Dept. from withholding wages for federal student loan borrowers who couldn't pay during the pandemic.
COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?
4,500 federal prisoners were approved for home confinement to reduce overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic. What happens now?
10 Florida residents sue state governor Ron DeSantis for ending $300 unemployment benefits 2 months early
The 10 Florida residents asked Gov. DeSantis to reinstate the FPUC benefits and send retroactive payments for the benefits they missed.
Some South Carolina teachers are getting $2,500 bonuses to stop them quitting
Dr. Gregory McCord, superintendent for Malboro County School District, said that retaining teachers is even more difficult during the pandemic.
4,000 Americans were sent home from prison during COVID. They repaired their lives, but now could be forced back to prison because of a ridiculous technicality.
More than 4,000 nonviolent offenders serving their sentences at home might have to go back to prison, unless the Biden administration takes action.
Mississippi paid out $118 million in improper unemployment claims, largely due to fraud and stolen identities
A Mississippi audit found 5.5% of stimulus unemployment claims were incorrect or fraudulent in 2020, after the OIG found states failed to stop fraud.
$39 billion of stimulus unemployment benefits were likely wasted by inefficient state governments, watchdog finds
The Office of the Inspector General found states had trouble implementing unemployment benefits from the CARES Act due to fraud and improper payments.
1.2 million people still haven't cashed their first stimulus check
The Boston Herald cited IRS records showing 1.2 million people either refused to accept, paid back, or didn't cash the initial $1,200 stimulus check.
Meet the 28 lawmakers who want to make stimulus checks recurring in Biden's infrastructure plan
Americans have so far received three stimulus checks, but a growing number of politicians (all Democrats) want those checks to be recurring.