Tag: Emergency management
GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from...
FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at US-Mexico border
<p>WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied...
FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at US-Mexico border
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied...
Coronavirus pandemic casts long shadow over Dutch elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Housing shortages, the environment, health care, education. Dutch voters have plenty of issues to consider in next week's election but...
Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure
<p>Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress’ passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of...
Indiana could see $5.8 billion in new COVID relief money
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials have yet to describe any big plans for the influx of federal money expected from the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-state-governments-coronavirus-pandemic-state-budgets-b5ead07aeab515f58540aa75971d5024">$1.9 trillion COVID-19...
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
BALTIMORE — To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest...
COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of...
Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament on Friday approved a $246 million loan from the World Bank that would provide cash assistance for more than 160,000...
Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure
Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress’ passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of...