coronavirus relief

Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it’s clear that the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reporting some progress in advance of a Tuesday deadline for reaching a pre-election deal with President Donald Trump on a new coronavirus relief package, but the same problems bedeviling the effort remain in place despite optimistic talk from the president and his team

Where did the money go? That’s the question small business advocates are asking the federal government about its Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP.

A lawsuit was filed claiming million from PPP loans, meant to keep mom and pop businesses open, was actually given to larger companies. Randy Mac reports Oct. 13, 2020.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he’s scheduling a procedural vote on a GOP COVID-19 relief bill for next week

Thousands of LA tenants were approved for the city’s rent relief program, which gives them free rent money. But some of them were turned away, and their landlords are to blame.

Thousands of renters applied for rent relief for the city, but the city had to turn them away with landlords being blamed. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

A U.S. judge says the IRS can’t keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least 80,000 checks totaling more than $100 million to be sent to people behind bars in the United States. The ruling gives the IRS until Oct. 24 to reconsider the payments for those who were denied or had their...

Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided on the scope of the next COVID-19 relief package as the election approaches; White House works to distance President Trump from white supremacy comments.

Tens of thousands of airline workers are being furloughed after Congress and the White House failed to reach a new COVID-19 relief deal.

House Democrats are putting forward a new proposal for coronavirus relief.

United Airlines and its pilots have reached an agreement that both sides say will avoid about 2,850 furloughs that were set to take effect later this week and another 1,000 early next year. The Air Line Pilots Association said Monday that the deal will allow United to spread a reduced amount of flying across the airline’s 13,000 pilots to save…

SoCalGas Wednesday announced the launch of a recovery program for Black-owned restaurants in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will be administered by the Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation, a community-based organization that provides economic opportunities for prosperity by infusing resources into neighborhoods that need support the most. The…

President Donald Trump says he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic

The breakdown in negotiations for a new coronavirus relief bill in Congress means help won’t be coming anytime soon for budget-strapped state and local governments across the U.S. Governors, mayors and educators have been asking Congress to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars to help them deal with a sharp drop in tax revenue caused by the pandemic

President Trump signed executive orders Saturday aimed at providing coronavirus relief to struggling families and businesses. Among the orders is $400 a week in expanded unemployment benefits, partly paid for and distributed by each state. It’s unclear which states can afford it, how fast money can be sent out, or if it’s even constitutional.

President Donald Trump’s end run around Congress on coronavirus relief is raising questions about whether it would give Americans the economic lifeline he claims and it appears certain to face legal challenges

In March, Congress authorized a $19 billion bailout for farms suffering losses because of the coronavirus pandemic, and left the Department of Agriculture to work out how the money would be spent. When the program was rolled out two months later, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said its $16 billion in direct payments would be a “lifeline” for farmers of “all…

Republicans remain split with Democrats, and even among other Republicans, on spending for the bill outlining a second round of relief from the coronavirus pandemic. House leaders say they are hoping for a deal by Friday and a vote by next week.

Many restaurants that got coronavirus relief loans have spent the money and now find themselves in the same precarious position as in the pandemic’s early days