Recognizing the impact of COVID-19βs impact to South Carolinaβs economy, Governor Henry McMaster today announced the creation of accelerateSC, a coordinated economic revitalization plan involving small and large business leaders, healthcare professionals, local government officials, and education professionals.
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) is urging Governor Roy Cooper to amend his executive orders related to the Covid-19 pandemic to allow NASCAR to host racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans on Memorial Day Weekend.
The political and medical battle continues over when to re-open the states, with President Trump tweeting to "liberate," backing protests in states led by Democratic governors. And will there will be a second round of stimulus money for small business loans?
President Donald Trumpβs former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out βa phased and deliberate approachβ to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases.
The governmentβs lending program for small businesses is on hold.
Videos and online reports claiming that millions of Americans will have to repay the relief checks they receive from the federal government under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic recovery bill are not true.
President Trump, governors clash over who has the power to reopen the economy. Political contributor Mary C. Curtis gives her thoughts on the debate.
President Donald Trump says he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China.
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the partyβs biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures.
Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the U.S. Department of the Treasury to take immediate action to ensure billions of dollars in emergency stimulus payments authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) go to American families, not debt collectors. The CARES Act, which was passed three weeks ago, does not explicitly designate these emergency stimulus payments as exempt from garnishment from creditors.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from a London hospital where he was treated in intensive care for the coronavirus as the U.K. on Sunday became the fourth European country to surpass 10,000 virus-related deaths.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of intensive care Thursday at the London hospital where he is being treated for the new coronavirus, as his government told Britons to prepare for several more weeks in lockdown.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the partyβs establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for him to have any reasonable hope of catching up.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus to return to work if they are without symptoms.
Political contributor Mary C. Curtis weighs in on the Tuesday's Wisconsin election and whether or not it was the right decision.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Mayor Vi Lyles putting a question mark around RNC 2020 in Charlotte. Could that pit the city, CDC, and state officials against the president?…
President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered Trumpβs impeachment.
President Donald Trump says his administration is encouraging many Americans to wear face masks in public, though he stresses that the recommendation is optional and is conceding that he will not be complying with it.
The Democratic National Committee is delaying its presidential nominating convention until the week of Aug. 17 after prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didnβt think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic.
