5 saving tips to save you stress in 2020
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There’s no denying that 2020 has been one hell of a year. Each month has felt a decade long and families are dealing with a significantly altered reality.
Search Results for unemployment
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Senators release Paycheck Security grant proposal
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner, Bernie Sanders, Doug Jones and Richard Blumenthal have released a proposal to establish a Paycheck Security program.
COVID-19 task force missing one key voice
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“The economy” isn’t the stock market. It isn’t, as one blue check noted derisively today, walking “past piles of corpses to go buy a f—ing burger.” Twenty-two million Americans who were gainfully employed a month ago are now out of work.
City of Staunton laying off 64 due to COVID-19
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The City of Staunton is laying off 64 part-time employees, citing operational disruptions and substantial revenue reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, and where the race for the White House is headed
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The polls, and the current conventional wisdom, would have Joe Biden measuring the drapes in the Oval Office a few months hence. When actually, and you don’t want to hear this, we’re headed toward a landslide for Donald Trump that will rival Nixon-McGovern in 1972.
Warner, Kaine urge Virginia inclusion in USDA pilot program
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are urging USDA approval of Virginia’s request to participate in the agency’s SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Program.
COVID-19 shutdown to delay increase in minimum wage
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Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing a four-month delay in a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Virginia.
CARES Act: Cushioning the economic harm from COVID-19
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Congress and President Trump are committing $2.2 trillion in money that we don’t have to try to prop up the economy during the COVID-19 shutdown. It’s a necessary evil.
Tracy Pyles: Comments on proposed Augusta County tax rate
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In 1996 when I began serving as the Pastures Supervisor the Real Property Tax Rate was $.58 per $100 of value. When I left office in 2018 the rate was still $.58.
Trump’s pandemic failure: A missed opportunity
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Donald Trump failed miserably to rise to the occasion precipitated by the unfortunate advent and spread of the coronavirus.
