St. Louis Public Radio
This Saturday marks one full year since then-President Trump and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared states of emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic.
A year ago this Saturday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, just a few hours after then-President Trump declared it a national emergency. As coronavirus cases spread and shutdowns got under way, few of us had any idea what to expect in the weeks and months ahead nor would we have guessed the crisis would extend well beyond the year 2020.
“I think what we had was this feeling of the unknown,” Dr. Alex Garza, incident commander for the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, told
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As coronavirus cases spread and shutdowns got under way a year ago this week, few of us had any idea what to expect in the days and months ahead nor would we have guessed the crisis would extend well beyond the year 2020.
Chatham Area Transit employees deemed essential workers had their pay increased during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the biggest windfall from a $10.8 million federal CARES Act grant went to executives and administrative staff rather than the bus drivers who faced the public daily.
According to documents obtained by the Savannah Morning News through the Open Records Act, Director of Maintenance Steve Boatwright received $27,920; former interim CEO Michael Brown, $25,636; former CFO Terri Harrison $22,244 and Director of Transportation Wendy Arden, $20,740. Eleven other administrative staff members received payments ranging from $9,000 to $18,000.
Union members, including about 60 bus drivers who volunteered to work during the same period from April to June received time-and-a-half, which averaged out to $2,563 per member.