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May 27, 2020
An event-planning company that received one of the largest federal contracts to provide produce, meat and dairy to hungry families has yet to deliver the much-needed boxes to food banks across the Southwest.
The delay has stoked concerns about the Agriculture Department’s new $3 billion “Farmers to Families Food Box Program” — especially surrounding multimillion-dollar contracts awarded to several small firms with little experience in food distribution.
May 26, 2020
Washington, D.C. – With serious food insecurity challenges in San Antonio and across the country, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, called for the Trump Administration to cancel the $39 million USDA food box contract awarded to a local vendor without relevant experience and pressed USDA for answers on how vendors were chosen nationwide. The details of this local contract were revealed in a series of investigative pieces by Tom Orsborn from the San Antonio Express-News, as well as an editorial from the paper calling for an investigation.
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May 25, 2020
HONG KONG—With his plan to impose sweeping antisedition legislation on Hong Kong, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has revealed a willingness to alter the onetime British colony’s special status as a self-governing city with a speed and scope that has surprised many, from pro-democracy activists to diplomats to businesspeople.
May 22, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will begin distributing nearly $4.9 billion in relief funds to skilled nursing facilities to help them combat the “devastating effects of this pandemic.”
According to an announcement sent out on Friday, the funding will supplement previously announced provider relief funds and will be used to support nursing homes suffering from significant expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19.
May 20, 2020
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said he was elated by U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery’s ruling Tuesday that all voters in Texas qualify for a mail-in ballot during the coronavirus pandemic.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
May 18, 2020
Alexis Wong, a Hong Kong-based trader who’s been exporting medical masks since the early days of the covid-19 crisis, says the business brings out every species of crook. But she likes to joke that the market for the iconic N95 mask is in perfect balance.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
May 18, 2020
House Democrats passed a largely symbolic bill on May 15 rolling back two controversial tax provisions that had been slipped into the CARES Act, the $2 trillion stimulus law that Congress passed in March with overwhelmingly bipartisan support. The two tax provisions, which remove caps on individuals' and businesses' ability to write off net operating losses, are expected to deliver a $160 billion windfall to the wealthiest Americans, disproportionately benefiting hedge fund and real estate investors.
May 18, 2020
Gilead Sciences, the drug company behind the experimental Covid-19 therapy remdesivir, has upped the number of doses it’s donating to the federal government from 607,000 to around 940,000, STAT has learned.
May 15, 2020
President Trump’s top economic adviser said Friday that the White House is exploring a massive tax cut for corporations if they bring their supply chains from overseas to the U.S., a politically explosive suggestion that could reshape negotiations with Congress over the next stimulus package.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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May 15, 2020
There’s a tension at the heart of all of the plans to reopen the country in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic: The economy needs Americans to get back to work, but workplaces need employees and customers to feel that coming back won’t endanger their health or their lives.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)