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The roughly $2 trillion spending bill passed in March included $61 billion for the airline industry, $10 billion for airports, $25 billion for transit and $1 billion for Amtrak.
Airlines are losing between $350 million and $400 million “every single day of the week” and when they do recover, he said, “the industry will emerge a shadow of what it was on March 1 of this year.”
days after a House committee announced it would investigate the company’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, Carnival Cruise Line announced Monday that it plans to resume North American service Aug. 1.
Their plan would provide an additional $1 billion to establish a grant program for states to help close gaps in broadband adoption and to create a grant program to further push broadband access.
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that federal prosecutors and regulators are investigating allegations that workers left behind debris such as tools and rags in about
On April 1, the California Democrat convened a press call indicating that she’d like to include the House’s five-year $760 billion infrastructure spending plan in the relief bill after the roughly $2 trillion
Lawmakers allocated $61 billion to airlines, $25 billion to transit and $1 billion for Amtrak in the roughly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, but the motorcoach industry, which includes charter
[jwp-video n=”1″] Seasonal flights The DOT largely granted requests by Delta to delay plans to begin seasonal flights to seven vacation destinations, including Juneau, Alaska; Martha’s Vineyard
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Amtrak asked for $1 billion.
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Under the terms of the grants, airlines can ask for the equivalent of their payroll between April 1 and Sept. 30 of last year, with the companies that receive grants agreeing not to furlough or cut
The pork group calls for action on several fronts: USDA purchases of at least $1 billion in pork products that could be distributed to food banks or federal nutrition programs.USDA direct payments
[jwp-video n=”1″] Supporters of locally and regionally focused agriculture say they have a claim on the funds since the law specifically mentions “producers who supply local food systems” along
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[jwp-video n=”1″] The cost estimate assumes the emergency will endure for another year, through March 2021.
Under the provision, airlines can ask for the equivalent of their payroll between April 1 and Sept. 30 of last year, and companies that accept grants would be barred from cutting pay or benefits
[jwp-video n=”1″] For now, many school districts have their hands full closing buildings, moving classes online and figuring out how to provide meals and lesson plans remotely.
In the weeks that followed, some of the country’s largest corporations revealed plans to do just that, including a $1 billion commitment by Delta Air Lines, the second-largest U.S. carrier, to become carbon
[jwp-video n=”1″] But the urgency of the pandemic, which spurred lawmakers to authorize $2 trillion last week alone, as well as Trump’s tweet Monday have effectively restarted the conversation