WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) - Following two weeks of devastation for many on Wheeling Island, city council acknowledged the incredible efforts from the entire community. Councilman Ben Seidler presented these efforts on paper, with the House of Carpenter tracking over 1,100 volunteer hours, over 50 city employees working around the clock, 11 different faith-based organizations, and []
Embattled Toronto-based documentary organisation Hot Docs has criticised the Canadian government for not providing it with funding in this week’s federal budget. In a statement issued on Thursday, no
TWENTY-SEVEN states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, have failed to access the sum of N54.9bn basic education fund provided by the Universal Basic Education Commission. The funds are lying fallow, despite the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The N54.9bn figure is obtained from a document prepared by UBEC in Read More
The Community Foundation for Monterey County announced that they are accepting donations through the Big Sur Disaster Relief Fund to help residents impacted by the Highway 1 slip-out.
(The Center Square) - A Nevada man with a long criminal record received a federal prison sentence this week for stealing more than $163,000 in coronavirus relief program funds while on supervised release for two different state criminal convictions. Justin David Goulet, a 36-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada, received a 27-month federal prison sentence plus three years’ supervised release. He must also pay $163,100 in restitution to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA),...
(The Center Square) - California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who was California’s Secretary of Labor during the COVID-19 era and oversaw the state’s fraudulent payments —...
(The Center Square) – States and the District of Columbia have allocated about 73% of the roughly $350 billion given out through one federal COVID-19 relief program and spent about 53% of that money as deadlines for using it approach. When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, it created the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program. The U.S. Treasury allocated $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to tribal governments, states, the...
by Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun Following a legislative session with no action taken to clarify or amend Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, some residents have formed a political group called Idahoans United for Women and Families to explore options for a possible 2026 ballot initiative that would restore and protect access to reproductive care statewide, including abortion. Idaho has a near-total ban on abortion with narrow exceptions for rape and incest during the first...
The report is written by Josh Cockroft, Delphine Lievens and Chi Thai, and supported by a Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity Industry Fellowship grant.
The Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper, reported that the proposal for a regional contact group on Afghanistan has faced obstacles due to disagreements among participating countries regarding the presence of certain nations. According to the media outlet, Pakistan has opposed the inclusion of India in this group. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, […]
There was a lot of wasteful spending in the so-called "American Rescue Plan." But nowhere was the $2 trillion in federal funds less needed than in bailing out state and local governments to the tune of $350 billion.
A Slidell woman pled guilty to theft and misappropriation of COVID-19 Relief funds on Wednesday, April 10.