SEPTA expects to avoid layoffs, service cuts for now after $252M in Covid-19 relief funding

Gov. Jared Polis joined with other Western governors on Monday in requesting $1 trillion in relief to states and local governments to avoid deep cuts in services amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Governors and legislators in California, Colorado, Oregon, N.....»»

Menlo Park will have to make budget cuts and crack open its piggy bank to make up for a major funding gap this fiscal year and the city is bracing for an even bigger cut next year. The Peninsula city expects an $8 million budget shortfall between now.....»»

No matter when the city's economy turns around as the effects of the coronavirus eventually fade, Phoenix is facing big deficits. Deputy City Manager Jeff Barton outlined a brutal budget forecast for 2021 in a teleconferenced planning meeting on March .....»»

The company said it expects layoffs to impact a small percentage of employees and won't involve cuts from individual stores or distribution centers. Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Whole Foods is layin.....»»

The package, which included direct payments and funding for state and local governments, did not receive a single GOP vote in the House or Senate. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) speaks on the House floor. House Television v.....»»

The vast majority of the 914 recipients of a city restaurant and gym grant program were located outside Center City, a dramatic change from past Covid-19 relief programs......»»

The American Rescue Plan Act includes more than $2 billion in funding for technology and cybersecurity efforts and provides contractors with a change to generate modernization momentum, some experts say......»»

Washington state is expected to get more than $6.7 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the $1.9 trillion federal Covid relief package approved by Congress on Wednesday. Authorities said Wednesday evening they’re w.....»»

"Covid-19 created another gut check, but we continue to live our talk — no layoffs, no furloughs, no pay cuts.".....»»

President Joe Biden, speaking Saturday after Senate passage of a COVID-19 stimulus bill, said he anticipated relief checks and deposits for Americans to be sent out yet this month. Biden also said passage of the bill that now returns to the House next wee.....»»

The bank is expecting President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package to reach $1.5 trillion, u.....»»

The Treasury expects to keep increasing its auction sizes in 2021 after first boosting issuance last year to pay for economic relief. Karen Bleier/AFT/Getty Images The Treasury Department said Wednesday the pa.....»»

If Democrats, who hold a slim Senate majority, use reconciliation to bypass the filibuster, they can pass relief with just 51 votes. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks during an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washi.....»»

It's a mixed bag for aging services programs but includes landmark funding to curb elder abuse......»»

Congress is set to pass a long awaited COVID relief bill that will reauthorize and replenish emergency l.....»»

The owner of La Shish Kabob in Charlotte denies his role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $1.7 million in Covid-19 relief funding. “We are not guilty. We trust the judge and the courts,” Izzat Freitekh told the Charlotte.....»»

During Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk is raising money for COVID-19 relief using an innovative method called quadratic funding......»»

Giant Eagle works to expand and grow e-commerce approach as the Covid-19 pandemic creates a new urgency to provide customers with an option to avoid shopping in stores themselves......»»

Uber announced Wednesday that it plans to take more actions to cut costs in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, including layoffs and executive pay cuts......»»

Arch Grants, the local nonprofit that awards $50,000 equity-free grants to startups, has provided new funding to 16 of its portfolio companies to help them navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds were distributed from the Arch Grants Relief Fund,.....»»