Month: May 2021

Texas is seeing some encouraging numbers when it comes to the coronavirus situation in the Lone Star state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday announced that the state reported zero COVID-19-related deaths for the first time since the pandemic began escalating in the U.S. “Today Texas reported: * 0 Covid related deaths—the only time that’s happened …

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The old alliance between the Chamber of Commerce and the Republican Party has officially collapsed. Fractures started in 2020 when the Chamber endorsed 23 freshman Democrats for re-election despite their anti-business voting records. Now, the GOP is becoming openly hostile, most recently barring the Chamber’s representatives from hearings. Per The Washington Post, the leadership of the Chamber remains …

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made millions off of his bestselling book about leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, despite multiple ongoing investigations into how he handled deaths at nursing homes during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. Cuomo is expected to make $5.12 million from the book deal through 2022, according to his tax returns released …

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Police in Sarasota, Florida are reminding pet owners to not leave their four-legged friends in hot cars after officers had to smash a window to save a dog this week. Police say they were called to University Parkway this week about a dog locked inside a car that was turned off. Body camera footage released …

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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause. South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size …

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60% of Americans have received at least one vaccine shot, he said President Biden highlighted on Monday that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation early last year, cases of COVID-19 “are down in all 50 states.” But in a pitch to encourage unvaccinated Americans to get their shots, the president warned that “those who are …

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Republicans on the House intelligence oversight panel are pressing President Biden to launch a major probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on intelligence, noted that GOP members of the panel are conducting their own inquiry into the virus pandemic that began in Wuhan, China, …

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The Department of Labor & Industry announced that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has fallen low enough to automatically conclude the Extended Benefits program. The program officially concluded the claim week ending on May 15, 2021. Last week, L&I said the approximately 7,000 people filing for benefits on the EB program will be moved to the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation …

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