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Miami woman indicted in Maryland for pandemic unemployment fraud scheme
BALTIMORE, MD – A Miami woman has been indicted on 16 federal charges for her alleged role in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme that targeted state agencies, including the Maryland Department…
US farm agency to spend $2.3 billion on food programs as pandemic aid ends
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will spend $2.3 billion on food purchases for schools and food banks as the end of pandemic-era aid leads to rising food insecurity,…
End Of Trump-Era Pandemic Rule Has Booted 1.5 Million From Their Health Care — And Counting
End Of Trump-Era Pandemic Rule Has Booted 1.5 Million From Their Health Care — And Counting Will Kessler on June 19, 2023 Medicaid has so far dropped 1.5 million people from its…
U.S. hotel markets recover from the pandemic; San Francisco an outlier
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – A snapshot of 15 major U.S. hotel markets shows that travel to cities is rebounding, with one notable exception: San Francisco. Several hotel activity metrics,…
Biden Health Secretary Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds To Be Masked During COVID-19 Pandemic
Biden Health Secretary Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds To Be Masked During COVID-19 Pandemic Reagan Reese on June 13, 2023 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy…
Healed from the pandemic, U.S. job market may face fresh wounds from the Fed
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials, who hoped to return the job market to its 2019, best-in-a-generation status after the pandemic, may be on the verge of success…
Pandemic era curfew renewed by Toms River Mayor Mo Hill
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A pandemic-era curfew to stop large groups of teenagers from congregating on the barrier island community of Ortley Beach has been renewed by Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill…
Justice Gorsuch Says Pandemic Created ‘Greatest Intrusions On Civil Liberties’ In America’s Peacetime History
Justice Gorsuch Says Pandemic Created ‘Greatest Intrusions On Civil Liberties’ In America’s Peacetime History Katelynn Richardson on May 18, 2023 Justice Neil Gorsuch called government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic the “greatest…
House Passes Pandemic Fraud Bill To Recover Billions In Illicit COVID-19 Unemployment Payments
House Passes Pandemic Fraud Bill To Recover Billions In Illicit COVID-19 Unemployment Payments Arjun Singh on May 11, 2023 The Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill to address COVID-19 unemployment fraud…
NJSP superintendent host round table on police response to hurricanes, pandemic
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan visited the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick on Saturday to participate in a round-table discussion…
Oroho Calls for Murphy Administration to Dedicate Pandemic Relief Funds to Prevent $1 Billion Payroll Tax Increase
Sen. Steven Oroho called for the Murphy administration to dedicate pandemic relief funds to the Unemployment Insurance Fund to prevent $1 billion of cumulative payroll tax increases on New Jersey employers.…
Oroho & O’Scanlon Respond to State Auditor Report Showing Murphy Administration’s Failure to Use Billions in Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
Sen. Steven Oroho and Sen. Declan O'Scanlon responded to a State Auditor report that shows that more than $5 billion in pandemic relief funds remains unspent by the Murphy administration nearly two…
Exclusive-China out of UN’s wildlife survey for pandemic controls – source
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – China is not participating in a United Nations project to survey Asian wet markets and other facilities at high risk of spreading infectious diseases from wild…
Fort Lee restaurant owner sent to prison over COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Besim Kukaj, a Manhattan restaurateur, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for orchestrating a loan fraud scheme, attempting to obtain over $6 million and receiving $1.5…
Ocean County Legislators Blast Murphy’s Funding of Transgender Website with Pandemic Relief Funds
Ocean County lawmakers questioned Gov. Phil Murphy's use of pandemic relief funds to develop a 'Transgender Information Hub' website while other critical needs that could have been funded have been ignored.…
PIERRE KORY: Here Are Three Unforgettable Lessons From The COVID Pandemic
PIERRE KORY: Here Are Three Unforgettable Lessons From The COVID Pandemic Pierre Kory on March 21, 2023 Three years after COVID-19 hijacked the world, Hollywood celebrities are mocking the vaccine on “Saturday…
‘Uncle Sugar’: ‘Generous’ Spending During COVID Pandemic Led To Bank Failures, Bill Maher Says
‘Uncle Sugar’: ‘Generous’ Spending During COVID Pandemic Led To Bank Failures, Bill Maher Says Harold Hutchison on March 17, 2023 HBO host Bill Maher said Friday that the inflation stemming from massive…
Pregnancy-related deaths in US surged during pandemic – CDC
By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) – Maternal mortality rates rose 40% in 2021 in the United States as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened a health crisis among pregnant women in the country, data from…
UK mortgage approvals fall to lowest since 2009, excluding pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) – British lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages in January since 2009, excluding a slump at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bank of England data published…
‘Can’t Explain’: Thousands Of Students Who Left School During The Pandemic Are Unaccounted For: REPORT
‘Can’t Explain’: Thousands Of Students Who Left School During The Pandemic Are Unaccounted For: REPORT Reagan Reese on February 9, 2023 Thousands of students who fled the public school system during the…
Testa Calls Purchase of SUVs with Pandemic Funds to Chauffeur Democrat Leaders Disturbing
Sen. Michael Testa said it’s disturbing that Gov. Murphy and Democrat leaders chose to spend more than $500,000 of pandemic relief funds to buy new SUVs for the State Police to chauffeur…
Fraudsters Likely Stole At Least $60 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Benefits, Gov’t Report Says
Fraudsters Likely Stole At Least $60 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Benefits, Gov’t Report Says John Hugh DeMastri on January 26, 2023 Over $60 billion of pandemic-related unemployment benefits were likely paid out…
Italy’s pandemic recovery plan must halt demographic “tsunami” in south – ISTAT
(Reuters) – Italy’s south is on track for a “demographic tsunami” if it fails to capitalise on European Union pandemic recovery funds to bridge the gap with the productive north, statistics bureau…
Majority Of Americans Want Fauci To Be Investigated For COVID-19 Pandemic Response: POLL
Majority Of Americans Want Fauci To Be Investigated For COVID-19 Pandemic Response: POLL Bronson Winslow on January 23, 2023 A majority of Americans believe former Chief Medical Advisor to the President of…
Bill seeks to make New Jersey’s pandemic Zoom weddings a permanent thing
When COVID-19 came and New Jersey was shut down, Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order allowing marriages to be performed legally online. With the pandemic over and New Jersey returning to…
Spain’s 2023 tourism revenue seen 5% higher than before pandemic
MADRID (Reuters) – Revenue from tourism companies in Spain is likely to be 4.7% higher this year than in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the sector, industry group Exceltur said on…
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