Moderates Propose $748 Billion Compromise on Stimulus
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After months of impasse, lawmakers are now staring down a Friday deadline to complete a must-pass government funding bill.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
A bipartisan group of centrist members of Congress on Monday presented a pair of compromise measures totaling $908 billion that were intended to break the stalemate in negotiations on another round of stimulus to address the economic fallout from the virus.
One of the bills would provide $748 billion to fund an array of programs that have generated consensus in the stimulus talks, including the revival of federal unemployment payments and a popular small business loan program, as well as funding for vaccine distribution, food aid, schools and other institutions struggling to stay afloat because of the pandemic. A second measure includes the two biggest stickin
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The slow death of the 24-hour diner: How the pandemic may spell the end of a Jersey icon
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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Nothing says “Jersey” like a diner, especially a 24-hour one, with its blazing neon sign a welcoming beacon in the night.
Prior to mid-March, when the coronavirus forced lockdowns around the country, there were dozens of 24-hour diners in New Jersey, the Diner Capital of the World.
Now there are just a scant few, including the Stateline Diner in Mahwah, the Coach House Diner in Hackensack and the Chit Chat Diner, also in Hackensack.
The owners of the former 24-hour diners are not hopeful they’ll go back to 24/7 when things return to “normal.”