Lack of federal relief leaves states, cities facing big deficits
On Monday, governors, lawmakers, mayors, teachers and others said they were going to keep Congress to revive the virus aid talks and agree to another...
GOP’s jobless benefit plan could mean delays, states warn
How to handle unemployment is a fiercely contested part of the congressional debate on COVID-19 relief. The debate is also about what's doable technologically, especially...
Cost of ensuring school safety complicates reopening plans
While health concerns are getting most of the attention, especially with the nation’s infections and hospitalizations rising, costs of operating schools in a pandemic have...
Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again VIEW
The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again...