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Of Grinches and better angels Bill Sims Contributing columnist I sincerely wish all Highland County folks a merry Christmas and a happy new year, but there were some Grinches of this Christmas past. It was hard to watch the president playing golf while a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package, a Payroll Protection Program renewal and an expired unemployment benefits package sat on his desk along with the National Defense Authorization Act. Jo Marie Hernandez, whose unemployment aid lapsed over the...

Cutting taxes projected to raise revenue for Iowa by Bob Pepalis, The Center Square  | December 29, 2020 10:30 AM Print this article Taxpayer and business advocates agreed that cutting Iowa’s income tax could boost the economic recovery from the effects of the pandemic, which slowed Iowa’s economy, said Tom Sands, president of the Iowa Taxpayers Association. For the 2021 legislative session, the association will work with the governor’s office and legis...

Fox21Online Live Entertainment, Performing Arts To Receive $15 Billion in Relief With the new stimulus relief package signed, $908 billion in COVID relief money will be distributed throughout the country. The legislation also includes $15 billion in relief for struggling live entertainment and performing arts venues.  December 28, 2020 NORTHLAND – With the new stimulus relief package signed, $908 billion in COVID relief money will be distributed throughout the country. The legislation also i...

Chief says one bar has had continuous violations 8:41 pm, Dec. 28, 2020 × Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski talks on Friday, Nov. 13, about a new executive order in Fargo addressing occupancy limits for businesses. Dave Olson/The Forum. FARGO — One Fargo bar could face a warning, fine or temporary liquor license revocation for continuing to violate occupancy and mask mandate rules put in place to try to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski wouldnt name th...

Memphis restaurants hope for federal financial support after being left out of COVID-19 relief package Local restaurants feel theyve been left out of coronavirus relief By Chris Luther | December 28, 2020 at 7:11 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 4:38 AM The stimulus bill provides direct taxpayer aid as well as grant support for the airline and movie theater industry but does not include direct aid for the nation’s struggling restaurants. Local restaurant managers and owners say they fe...

‘Am I in a dream or a nightmare?’: Portland’s once-thriving restaurant scene struggles to hang on By Brian MacQuarrie Globe Staff,Updated December 27, 2020, 5:16 p.m. Email to a Friend David Turin, owner of Davids Restaurant in Portland, prepared food on Friday afternoon. Turin, who owns three different restaurants in Portland, has experienced a massive downturn in business since the start of the pandemic.Erin Clark/Globe Staff PORTLAND, Maine — David Turin is wearing a long...

Published December 28. 2020 4:34PM  By The Day and theday.com have a longstanding holiday tradition of publishing a series on interesting local people who come to our attention — or more often, whom the newsroom seeks out, because the subjects are typically not in the limelight. The articles share a theme, and the one for 2020 was crystal clear: people who stepped up to help others in this difficult year. They are the bright lights of 2020. Eleven articles in all, done by Day ...

COVID bill details: What’s included, info on unemployment benefits, and when to expect stimulus checks Updated Dec 28, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 “As President, I have told Congress that I want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the American people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child,” Trump said in a statement. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)AP Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Following months of negotiations and a near government shut down, President D...

Donald Trump – Getty *Trump took much-deserved heat for deliberately and vindictively gumming up the works in not immediately signing the 900-billion-dollar second stimulus bill. The list of those hurt by the delay runs off the chart; renters, the unemployed, small to medium-sized businesses, and the millions of the neediest of the needy. As usual, African Americans are a disproportionate percentage of the needy. But even if Trump had put his signature to the stimulus package immediately it w...

Jo Marie Hernandez doesn’t know how she and her 4-year-old daughter will survive after her unemployment aid lapsed this weekend. Hernandez, who lives in Olean, New York, is on the brink of losing her home in days after she lost her job as a customer service associate at a gas station in the spring. Enduring prolonged unemployment, shes struggled to make ends meet and has nothing left in savings to keep her afloat.  “I only have $100 left to my name. My whole world is shattered,” says He...