FILE - In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020 file photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. The temporary $300-a-week unemployment insurance boost implemented by President Donald Trump is about to end, with no extension in sight. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 in an email to The Associated Press that it has distributed $30 billion of the $44 billion it had set aside for the benefit. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Money

Money for $300 unemployment boost to run out after 6 weeks

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about the $175.5 billion state budget during a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Spending cuts are compounding for schools and state programs, reserve funds are dwindling, and some governors have begun proposing new taxes and fees to shore up state finances shaken by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Politics

States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid

This pedestrian bridge connects the two halves of Saint Peter's urban campus in Jersey City. | isepstudyabroad.org
Education

Murphy Administration Announces $150 Million in Coronavirus Relief Funds to be Awarded to New Jersey Colleges and Universities

FILE- In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Donohue delivers his annual "State of American Business" address at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Chambers

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches “Cost of Inaction” Campaign

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, right, walk to speak to reporters after meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics

Virus aid talks collapse; no help expected for jobless now

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin issued an emphatic statement Saturday saying President Trump denied he’d suggested firing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell (above). | Susan Walsh/Associated Press
Politics

Steep Climb (Cuesta empinada), by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

Providence, RI, March 22, 2020 - RI Governor Gina Raimondo's daily Covit-19 press conference in the State Room of the RI State House Sunday afternoon. [The Providence Journal / Kris Craig]
Politics

While asking for more, states are slow to spend virus aid

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus at the White House, April 2, 2020. | PHOTO: AP
United States

How Long (Cuánto tiempo), by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

US President Donald Trump. | PHOTO: Associated Press (AP)
Politics

Virus, economy, Donald Trump and cash hamper GOP’s bid for House

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses reporters after the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Politics

GOP weighs jobless aid cuts to urge Americans back to work

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Getty Images
Politics

Huge virus recovery bill clears US House, fate uncertain in Senate

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