Iconic Businesses Closed Because of Coronavirus
On April 21, congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on an aid bill that will provide nearly $500 billion in relief, most of it to small businesses hurt by measures taken to curb the…
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While some states have announced plans to begin rolling back restrictions on brick-and-mortar businesses, the majority of Americans are still being asked to spend as much time as possible at home. Fortunately, streaming providers…
How Federal Relief Fails to Match Each State’s COVID Outbreak
On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The $2 trillion relief bill is meant to provide crucial support to individuals, businesses, and…
States With the Most Tornadoes
Severe storms and tornadoes struck the South Sunday night into Monday morning. In addition to property damage from wind and hail, the storms left more than 50,000 people without power. It was the second…
Every State’s Rules for Staying At Home and Social Distancing
Most of the United States is in lockdown as people are staying inside, keeping clear of the novel coronavirus that has killed about 30,000 Americans as of April 16. Nonessential businesses are closed, any…
What Your State Will Pay You to Recycle
Most Americans are hunkered down in their homes, keeping clear of the novel coronavirus — there have been about 760,000 people in the United States as of April 20. Staying inside all day, every…
The Biggest Worries About Children’s Health
Raising a child has never been easy, and parents have always worried about their children when they left home for school or work. Today parents are concerned about the welfare of their children within…
States Where the Virus Is Growing the Fastest Right Now
Close to 700,000 people in the United States had been diagnosed with COVID-19 as of Friday April 17, by far the most confirmed cases of any country in the world. More than 31,000 people…
The Impact of COVID-19 on Traffic in America’s Largest Cities
Nearly the entire country has been under some kind of lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. One of the more noticeable results of the statewide stay-at-home orders issued…
Companies That Are Helping Americans Fight COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created both a public health and economic crises of historic proportions in the United States. Governments, at the state and federal levels, are taking unprecedented measures to contain the virus…
US Industries Being Devastated by the Coronavirus
As the United States continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the nation faces an economic crisis — 22 million Americans filed for unemployment from mid-March through mid-April. More will likely have to do…
Every State’s Number of At-Risk Adults in the Coronavirus Pandemic
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase in the United States, health organizations and government officials are continuing to recommend that the most at-risk populations take extra precautions to avoid getting…
COVID-19 School Cancellations in Every State
As more data about the spread of the coronavirus has become available, states have been updating their projections about when schools may be safe to reopen. Some states hoped to send students back to…
Every State’s Unemployment Claims Since COVID-19 Shut the Economy Down
Five million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the total number of new jobless claims in the last month to over 20 million. The latest round of layoffs is the continuation of a…
States With The Highest And Lowest Taxes
The nationwide effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 has taken a considerable economic toll. In recent weeks, travel has all but ground to a halt, and nonessential businesses have shuttered, causing mass layoffs…