HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The freshly-signed stimulus bill won t only send much-needed funds to millions of Americans, but it s also bringing more than a billion dollars to local governments in southeast Texas.
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Thursday. As he signed the bill, Houston mom Leana De Hoyos said she got emotional. I could breathe, De Hoyos recalled. Just financial security. There are so many things we need right now.
The move brings financial support De Hoyos desperately needs since things haven t returned to normal in her life since last March. I lost my job, actually, one year ago [on Thursday], De Hoyos recalled.
Congress has sent President Joe Biden the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
The continuing job cuts reflect the extent to which the pandemic disrupted normal economic activity and kept consumers hunkered down at home rather than out traveling, shopping, dining out and attending entertainment venues. Cities and states restricted the hours and capacity of restaurants, bars and other businesses. Even where restrictions didn t exist, many Americans for months chose to stay home to avoid the risk of infection.
Now, though, as vaccinations are increasingly administered around the country, business limitations are gradually eased and consumers grow more comfortable engaging face to face with others, optimism about the economy is rising. Last month, consumers bounced back from months of retrenchment to step up their spending by 2.4% - the sharpest increase in seven months and a sign that the economy may be poised to sustain a recovery.
Vital funding saves Pulham St Mary Church from brink of collapse
| Updated: 09:47, 10 March 2021
A Norfolk church has been rescued from the brink of collapse after being given vital funding to pay for urgent repairs.
St Mary the Virgin Church in Pulham St Mary has received more than £12,000 to help repair a water leek that was seeping through the roof of the Grade I-listed building.
The grant, which came from the Governmentâs £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF), arrived just in the nick of time.
Marian Wilson, secretary at St Mary The Virgin Church Picture by Mecha Morton
If left much longer, damage to the building in The Street could have been beyond the point of repair, with rain water beginning to erode the churchâs 200-year-old masonry.
MNPS hopes to use federal stimulus funds for teacher bonus
Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers and staff could receive a bonus this spring.
and last updated 2021-03-10 21:45:56-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers and staff could receive a bonus this spring.
School officials are proposing the use of $3 million in state education funding and nearly $8 million of Federal stimulus grants to give them a $1,000 bonus.
This is part of $51 million in education funding that MNPS plans to allocate specifically for COVID operations. However, it must get approval from the state s Department of Education first. They ve already sent an application for approval and are hoping for an answer soon.
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