3,700 DOT workers head back to work after Congress passes short-term highway funding
The Senate approved a temporary extension to fund the federal highway program and ends furloughs for the transportation employees.
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The Senate approved a temporary extension to fund the federal highway program and ends furloughs for the transportation employees.
The Senate approved a temporary extension to fund the federal highway program. The move should end furloughs for the transportation employees once President Biden signs the measure.
This article was published online on March 12, 2021. Last May, when Connor Hitchcock decided to start a fundraiser for some out-of-work friends, he had modest expectations. Hitchcock and his wife, Christa, run Homefield Apparel, which licenses old collegiate sports logos to make vintage-inspired T-shirts and sweatshirts. They wanted to help out a handful of writers who had recently been furloughed from Vox Media’s college-football website, Banner Society. The couple drew up some designs based on inside jokes from the site’s two podcasts. Hitchcock didn’t tell the writers what he was up ...
Rishi Sunak said the furlough scheme was extended because "things might change", suggesting the lifting of lockdown could be delayed.
Without this funding a number of civil cases are likely to be suspended. and then, of course, there's tax season, which start ossen the 28th of this month. the irs has recalled about 46,000 furloughed workers. but that's only 60% of its work force. which means refunds could no doubt be delayed. and for what it's worth, we found another interesting fact about the impact of this shutdown, porn hub is reporting that viewership in the d.c./metro has actually gone up during the shutdown. covering all the bases. still ahead, to impeach or not to impeach, the case against trump. >> tech: at safelit...