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1/2: #MRMARKET: The American Rescue Act of 2021 is the sticky inflation of 2024. John Cochrane, Hoover Institution https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/inflation-confusion 1860 Oysterstand NYC

2/2: #MRMARKET: The American Rescue Act of 2021 is the sticky inflation of 2024. John Cochrane, Hoover Institution https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/inflation-confusion October 1929 NYC

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.]I'm afraid the rumor is true: Taylor Alison Swift, the 34 year-old singer-songwriter who was recently named TIME's Person of the Year and won her fourth Album of the Year gramophone yesterday, is, in fact, a highly successful psyop chiefly created by the Central Intelligence Agency.It turns out that President Biden has deftly and secretly marshaled the full resources of the federal government and the global intelligence community toward the specific aim of weaponizing Ms. Swift into an unstoppable political force that will ensure his reelection against the quadrice-indicted Donald Trump. Ms. Swift's global popularity has actually very little to do with her preternatural gift for storytelling, exceptional discipline for her craft, uncommonly precise awareness of how her audience connects with her art, extraordinary sense for marketing and personal brand, hall-of-fame business savvy, sheer potency of the projects with her colleagues, career longevity combined with a remarkable consistency for artistic excellence, and an authentic and unapologetic joy expressed through what she creates. None of those factors, you see, account for her current level of unprecedented, stratospheric global fame, which is solely the result of a joint effort by the CIA, the Director of National Intelligence, the U.S. Department of Defense, the United Kingdom's MI6, Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst, and the Disney legal team.These agencies have been working in close connection with each other since the release of Ms. Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006, carefully shaping her career trajectory and global influence as their most imperative, top secret national security project, codenamed Operation Reputation.This all may defy conventional thinking, the idea that literally tens of thousands of intelligence professionals and political operatives have seamlessly worked together in cross-country collaboration over the past two decades in service to the vision of a highly-collaborative crossover country star, rigging album sales and award shows, uncannily deciphering what two separate generations of young people would find appealing in their musical tastes, engineering a complex history of interpersonal drama that connects most A-list music luminaries of this century in a manner that satiates the masses' appetite for celebrity gossip whilst leaving Ms. Swift unblemished in public perception, all doing so without so much as a single person leaking the details of said master plan.I mean, sure, with all this apparent power President Biden has at his disposal, it would have been much easier for him to manipulate our media environment into focusing on, for example, the fact that the U.S. unemployment rate is basically the lowest it's been in five decades.Or that 15 million jobs have been added under President Biden's tenure, more than any president in American history by a country mile, in just three years.Or that he became the first sitting president to join a picket line when he stood in solidarity with the United Auto Workers last year. (The UAW won that fight and endorsed the President last month.)Or that he signed into law the first significant gun reform legislation in three decades and the first bill guaranteeing federal protection of marriage equality and the massive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for which many House Republicans now take credit when talking to their constituents despite voting against it and the American Rescue Act that led our country out of the worst consequences of the pandemic and the PACT Act that ensures health benefits for veterans suffering from service-connected toxic exposures, etc.Or that he successfully appointed the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, along with more than 170 federal judges, most of whom are women and people of color, dramatically moving the federal judiciary closer to how America really looks.Or that he pardoned all prior federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiated the process to reevaluate how marijuana is scheduled under federal law, finally applying much-needed common sense to the catastrophically inept “War on Drugs.”Or that he's signed Executive Orders to protect life-saving abortion access and made it clear he will not back down in fighting for reproductive health care, one of the most critical civil rights issues of our time.Or that he had the best midterms performance of any first-term Democratic president since Kennedy.Or… well… you get the picture. President Biden could be using this unimaginably potent global media and intelligence apparatus he apparently has at his disposal to place, front-and-center, the many, many, many accomplishments of his Administration in the past three years.But instead, he has clearly chosen to invest the bulk of his time and power toward ensuring that Taylor Swift remains the most popular non-head-of-state in the world, all while keeping such a project airtight secret.Yes, I'm sure that's what's really going on. The same man who is daily criticized for his age has somehow ingeniously and nimbly forged into the popular imagination a pop star who is practically deified by young people and will serve as the long-planned saving grace of democracy and global stability.Sure.Or hey, hear me out: maybe it's reasonable to believe that a young woman can achieve as much as Taylor Swift has done while prioritizing a proactive empathy for others that smoothly aligns with the President's vision for our country.That actually makes a lot more sense.Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Hi, I'm Charlotte Clymer, and this is Charlotte's Web Thoughts, my Substack. It's completely free to access and read, but it's also how my bills! So, please do kindly consider upgrading to a paid subscription: just $7/month or save money with the $70/annual sub. 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The Jackson City Council approved Samuel Skipper Construction, LLC to construct a new medical clinic at Jackson Medical Center at the April 25 city council meeting. The [post_excerpt],238,927.78 project is being funded with 8,927.78 from American Rescue Act monies and 0,000 in state funds. Samuel Skipper Construction built Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corp.'s new headquarters on Highway 43 North, among many other area projects. The new clinic will be located in front of Jackson Medical Center and adjacent to the present clinic facility. It will house Dr. Hussain's clinic, a vascular doctor and a cardiologist, replacing mobile units now being used....Article Link

Starting March 20, our Child Care Services Division began offering Health and Safety Grants to open and operating, licensed child care centers and family child care learning homes in Georgia to purchase equipment and materials that will help support compliance  with health and safety regulations. There's a total of $80 million from the American Rescue Act, with programs receiving from $5,000 to $40,000 based on capacity. Joining us to talk about Health and Safety Grants from DECAL is Jennifer Bridgeman, CCS Director of Process and Policy Initiatives, and Pam Stevens, Deputy Commissioner of Child Care Services.   Support the show

Suzie Health Solutions has been around for over 10 years working with Health insurance. Recently we decided to start improving Property Insurance in our area and Launched Wenatchee Insurance Agency. We are in a small business renaissance in the United States thanks to some Legislation like the American Rescue Act and Inflation Reduction Act more people than ever before are leaving corporate life. We recently stumbled into Supernova Business Launch Competition and it is an amazing primer for people that are starting a business to work through issues. Pick you allies. One groups that deserve a shout out is GSBA. As we do, they believe that Equality is good business. They represent over 1300 small businesses and have already started enriching our business.  So yes, this is the time to build a small business and tap into the groups that provide meaningful support. 

My friends,As I mentioned last night, I thought Biden's second State of the Union address was superb. It was one of the best State of the Union speeches I've witnessed — and I've witnessed many. Biden's record so far has also been impressive — even though for the first two years of his presidency, the Democrats held a razor-thin congressional majority, and the Republican Party has become more traitorous and treacherous than at any time in modern American history. Yet despite Biden's impressive record, only 42 percent of Americans approve of his presidency. That's barely above the 41 percent at his last State of the Union address, and a lower approval rating at this point in his presidency than any president in 75 years of polling except for Trump and Reagan (who at this point was hobbled by a deep recession).Despite Biden's significant achievements, fully 62 percent think he has accomplished “not very much” or “little or nothing” during his presidency. Majorities believe he has made no progress on his signature initiatives — from improving the country's infrastructure to making electric vehicles more affordable to creating jobs.And even though jobs are being created at an almost unprecedented rate, unemployment is at its lowest since 1969, and inflation is dropping, Americans are deeply pessimistic about the economy.So what gives? Why the discrepancy between what Biden is achieving and what Americans think? Please share your thoughts. I'll give you my take later today. Also, please take our poll:Let me add a few thoughts of my own. First, let me stress my belief that Joe Biden has been an exceptionally good president. The only reason I bring up his low ratings is to try to understand why, despite his achievements, most of the public doesn't seem to share my view. Opinion polls are notoriously inaccurate, as we've all witnessed in the last major elections. Yet Biden's consistently low ratings across almost all polls — and the bizarre fact that he's polling no better than Trump did at this point in Trump's presidency — can't be blamed simply on inadequate polling methods.Many of you blame the media — both Fox News and its radical right imitators, as well as the mainstream — for minimizing Biden's achievements and exaggerating his inadequacies. I largely agree. Fox News and other rightwing outlets continue to poison America. As to the mainstream media, as to anyone who reads this letter knows, I've been deeply concerned about its “two-sides” ism and absurd attempts to draw moral equivalence between Republicans and Democrats. That said, only a small fraction of the public is exposed to Fox News or to the New York Times or the Washington Post. The media alone can't account for Biden's low ratings. I want to suggest to you three other culprits that to my mind are playing a larger role. First is the legacy of Trump, along with the deeply cynical and angry divide he has spawned in America. Even if George Washington were president right now, some 40 percent of the public would likely despise him. Second is social media, which has become a cauldron of ever more extremist rage. Under Elon Musk, for example, Twitter has become less of a “public square” than a hell-hole of hate. No national leader is immune to such relentless battering.Third and perhaps most importantly is the continuing crises that most Americans find themselves in. Some two-thirds of us are living paycheck to paycheck. Almost no one has job security. Adjusted for inflation, the median wage continues to drop. COVID is receding but “long” COVID is taking a devastating toll. Fentanyl and related drug poisonings continue to rise. Joe Biden and his administration have made important progress. Their legislative victories are important. The American Rescue Act helped millions survive the pandemic. But most Americans are still hurting. Hopefully, by the fall of 2024, the hurt won't be nearly as bad. RR This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Tom Colicchio was a co-founder of Bravo's wildly popular, Top Chef reality-tv show. He's also the chef and owner of Crafted Hospitality, which currently includes New York's Craft, Temple Court and Vallata; Long Island's Small Batch; Craft Los Angeles; and Heritage Steak and Craftsteak in Las Vegas – and also ‘wichcraft – a premier sandwich and salad joint in New York.  Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tom made his New York cooking debut at New York restaurants The Quilted Giraffe, Gotham Bar & Grill and Gramercy Tavern before opening Craft in 2001. In an effort to broaden his long-standing activism around food issues, Tom served as an executive producer to his wife, Lori Silverbush's 2013 documentary “A Place at the Table” about the underlying causes of hunger in the United States. He has been a mainstay in our nation's capital in the years since. Tom has established himself as the leading “Citizen Chef” advocating for a food system that values access, affordability and nutrition over corporate interests. In 2020, Tom took this to the airwaves with a podcast of his own called, Citizen Chef, which features conversations with lawmakers, journalists and food producers and connects the dots of how our food system really works.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Tom co-founded the Independent Restaurant Coalition, and was instrumental in the passage of the American Rescue Act. Tom lives in Brooklyn with his wife Lori and their three sons. When he's not in the kitchen, he can be found tending to his garden on the North Fork of Long Island, enjoying a day of fishing or playing guitar.Final note here today, we're thrilled to be partnering on content and inspiration with the support of The Magic Canoe, another terrific storytelling vehicle here in Salmon Nation. Head over to magic canoe.net to learn more.

Biden's press secretary exposes him by admitting inflation began to rise after Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Act. Transgender surgeries surged between 2016-2019 by 389% causing lawmakers to step in to protect the children. GMC is developing a new EV that costs $1000 per mile of charge, and so much more.

The Biden administration has pushed through the single largest climate spending package in US history. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss how the new law could help the United States and the world respond to climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act is Biden's biggest legislative win since the American Rescue Act early in his term in office. It is intended to fight climate change by slashing carbon emissions from power generation and transport. According to Granholm, it will help by giving Americans incentives to use renewable energy in their cars and homes. And that, in turn, will lower the cost of energy prices at home. She also shares her perspective on Europe's current energy woes and hopes for an opening on climate cooperation with China. Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published.

The Biden administration has pushed through the single largest climate spending package in US history. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss how the new law could help the United States and the world respond to climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act is Biden's biggest legislative win since the American Rescue Act early in his term in office. It is intended to fight climate change by slashing carbon emissions from power generation and transport. According to Granholm, it will help by giving Americans incentives to use renewable energy in their cars and homes. And that, in turn, will lower the cost of energy prices at home. She also shares her perspective on Europe's current energy woes and hopes for an opening on climate cooperation with China.

A potential new shelter for the homeless in Champaign-Urbana, the Allocation of American Rescue Act awards Urbana with $13 million, the Activities and Recreation Center unveils a new conditioning area, and the 9/11 memorial service in Champaign is set for this Sunday.  Hosted by Husna Hussaini Stories by Laszlo Toth, Josie Alameda, Tara Mobasher, and Daniel Villareal. Music by Boxout

Highlights this week. Interviews may be abbreviated. For the date and hour podcast to hear more, see the note 00:00 Chris discusses Juneteenth, its signifucance, its history, and its meaning: freedom. (June 20, Hour 1) 6:02 JoAnn di Filippo and Chris discuss Pima County's use of COVID funds while ignoring a modest funding request for an independent study of the impacts of county COVID policies on small businesses. (June 20, Hour 2) 18:06 Chris recaps the CD6 GOP Primary debate held June 20th. (June 21, Hour 1) 27:04 Chris comments on a Gallup poll on the role of God and religion in people's lives (June 21, Hour 3) 37:16 Grover Norquist on the Biden economy and the Left's energy "policy". (June 22, Hour 1) 45:11 Green Valley News Editor Dan Shearer on his brother in Ukraine and the sentiment of the Ukrainian people...and Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cazares Kelly responding via memo to the Board of Supervisors request to answer questions at their meeting. (June 22, Hour 1) 50:52 Chris clears his tabs: how much did the American Rescue Act pay to save a job on average? Various demographics are not happy with the Democrats...will the GOP work to welcome them? (June 22, Hour 3) 57:21 Tucson has turned in to Gotham-level chaos and the Mayor is speaking at conferences about "Tree Equity". (June 23, Hour 1) 1:09:08 Congressman David Schweikert comments on President Biden's proposed gas tax. (June 23, Hour 2) 1:13:51 Opening session of the WUT Pizza Summit! Listen to all segments, by listening to Hours 2 and 3 of the Friday June 24th show! Rocco's, Gluten Girls, Mama's Pizza, and Fresco/Zio Peppe included in the other segments. Chris, Matt Russell, and Shaun McClusky (June 24, Hour 2)

Steve Farley, President/CEO of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona joins Chris to talk about their upcoming event-- Puttin' on the Dog event "Biscuits and Bourbon" on September 24th. For details and information, check out hssaz.org and click on "Events". Chris clears his tabs: Minneapolis residents successfully sue their city for not meeting the level of police officers mandated by the city charter. Study on the American Rescue Act, a lot of money was spent for every job saved...how much? You might not believe it...

Tulsa World Scene's Grace Wood, Jimmie Tramel and James Watts usually preview upcoming Scene features in this podcast. However, Watts opens this week's episode noting that the Tulsa run of the Tony Award-winning revival of “Oklahoma!”, which was scheduled to be at the Tulsa PAC June 17-19, has been postponed. Officials with Celebrity Attractions and the Tulsa PAC made the announcement Wednesday, saying the decision came in light of the recent mass shooting at the Natalie Medical Building on the Saint Francis Health System campus. Also discussed: Luke Busey, the 12-year-old son of actor Gary Busey, is in the family business, which you’ll see for yourself if you tune in for the season six premiere of the Disney Channel comedy series “Bunk’d.” Feature from Jimmie Tramel and show premiere coming Friday. Learn more about Juneteenth and upcoming events at the Greenwood Cultural Center in a feature coming Monday from Grace Wood. The Tulsa PAC, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, was recently approved for American Rescue Act funds, which will mostly repair backstage areas. Watts says it averages 500 events and 250K visitors each year, so it has had a "hard knock life." Feature coming Sunday. A feature on Tulsa designer Chris Murphy, who creates bold, unique designs for his clients, is coming Saturday from Grace Wood. “The Running Kind,” a recently revised and expanded country music legend Merle Haggard biography from David Cantwell, steers readers through the Hag’s life and career by way of his music. A feature from Jimmie Tramel is coming this weekend. FarmBar, which was forced to close earlier this year when a fire destroyed part of the building in which it is located, will reopen some time next month. Related content: Tulsa run of gritty 'Oklahoma!' revival postponed due to its depictions of gun violence Dine Notes: FarmBar to reopen in July Scene Writer Jimmie Tramel: Email | Twitter | Follow his stories Scene Writer James Watts: Email | Twitter | Follow his stories Scene Writer Grace Wood: Email | Twitter | Follow her storiesSupport the show: https://tulsaworld.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The unions and woke school boards are using President Biden's 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Act funds to revise curricula, advancing a Leftist or Marxist educational agenda, including CRT, gender Identity, and sexual orientation lessons. Congress never intended these COVID-19 Rescue funds to be used to promote woke, progressive ideologies...

Today's episode of the Discover Dayton podcast is the weekly news roundup for April 23, 2022. There's a lot that happened last week, including the lifting of more mask mandates, an update on Ohio's redistricting process, and the proposed re-opening of the World of Wonder school to serve English Language Learners. There are also a lot of events coming up next week and beyond, including things happening today, so you'll definitely want to listen soon.    Organizations that are mentioned in this episode include the following: Greater Dayton RTA Dayton International Airport The City of Dayton Home OwnerShip Center Dayton Public Schools Ohio Supreme Court Ohio Statehouse The Entrepreneurs Center Montgomery County Board of Elections The Yellow Cab Tavern The Greater Dayton LGBT Center The Liederkranz-Turner German Club Paris Flea Market Front Street Artist Colony Smales Pretzel Bakery The Schuster Center The Co Unity Banquet Center Stop The Violence Block Party Dayton Barrel Work Distillery Dayton Live     Episode Transcript:   Hello and welcome to the Discover Dayton podcast, the show that's all about the Gem City's past, present, and future. I'm Arch Grieve and I'm your host, and today is this week's News Roundup, where I read the news so you don't have to. Today there's a lot going on, including a lifting of more mask mandates for travel, an update to Ohio's redistricting process, and many local events, including some happening today, so be sure to listen through to the end. Your news roundup is coming up in just a moment, so stay tuned.    And now here's last week's news:   If you have hated wearing a mask during the pandemic, there's good news for you as two of the last two places to require them in Dayton are getting rid of the requirement, and those places are the Dayton International Airport and the Greater Dayton RTA. The RTA got rid of the ban starting this past Monday, approximately two years after it went into effect. The Dayton International Airport, on the other hand, lifted its ban in response to the TSA no longer requiring masks on flights. The move came in the wake of a federal judge's ruling in Florida saying that the mask requirement was unlawful. Despite the CDC asking the Justice Department to appeal the ruling, most major airlines quickly got rid of their mask mandates. Individuals using the RTA or the Dayton International Airport may still wear masks if they choose to do so.    In other transportation-related news, the City of Dayton is going to be resurfacing more roads this year than it did last year and will be resurfacing 93 residential lane-miles in 2022 for a total of about $9.6 million. Much of the money will come from 2016's Issue 9, which was a .25% earnings tax that was passed on the promise by Dayton city officials that they would use the funds to improve the city's streets. Other Issue 9 funds will go towards the mowing of vacant lots and improvements to city parks.   For Montgomery County residents who are behind on their property taxes, there's a new Mortgage Assistance Program that's available through the Home OwnerShip Center designed to help people who have suffered financial hardship during the pandemic. There are around $700,000 dollars available through the program to help people with things like mortgage payments, property taxes, and even utilities. The funding comes from the federal government through the CARES Act, which was passed as a Covid relief bill. Currently, only 37 individuals have received funding, and the deadline to apply is May 15. Applications are being accepted until then at homeownershipdayton.org. Unfortunately, the program is not for those who are renters, so you must be a homeowner to receive funding. You can learn more by calling 937-853-1600.    The City of Dayton is trying to become greener and recently has taken action on a number of issues designed to do just that. According to a 2019 analysis funded by Power a Clean Ohio Future, which analyzed data from the Environmental Protection Agency, 14% of all greenhouse emissions in Dayton come from the City of Dayton's local government operations, and of that amount, half comes from its wastewater treatment facility. The study's good news was that Dayton's per capita emissions are not as high as the national average. To combat this, however, the city is taking a number of measures to make the city's operations more environmentally friendly, including exploring the sale of biogas that is a byproduct of the city's wastewater treatment process, making capital improvements in city buildings on things like HVAC systems, re-instituting its electric aggregation program, which I covered more in last week's news roundup, and turning the city's fleet of vehicles into mostly electric ones by 2035. The city is also doing energy audits on 18 of its buildings in order to identify potential cost savings.    After a four-hour executive session, the Dayton school board voted recently to non-renew the contracts of three associate athletic directors. According to Justin Hunter, one of the three directors who was non-renewed, it was recommended by the DPS Executive Director of Athletics, Victoria Jones. He says that he was not given a reason for the non-renewal, and Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli did not provide a reason to reporters either. None of the votes to non-renew were unanimous, and two DPS coaches who attended the meeting spoke in favor of keeping the associate directors.    In other Dayton Public School news, DPS recently announced a plan to re-open the World of Wonder school in order to utilize the building to teach students who are learning English as a second language. There will be three community forums for citizens to voice their opinions on the plan this week. The plan would be for between 300-400 students to attend the school, which was closed not long after a stabbing took place at the school in 2016.    The Dayton Daily News has recently reported on the City of Dayton's spending of American Rescue Act monies it has received from the federal government and broken the cost down by category. Of the money, which was provided to local communities due to the financial costs associated with the pandemic, the Dayton region received more than $1 billion dollars, although the city of Dayton received $138 million of that funding. The majority of it, around $55 million, is going to go to neighborhood improvements, including housing demolition. The second-largest chunk, or $36 million, is going to maintaining city services. The third-largest, or $21.5 million, goes to services like police and fire, including the build-out of a new joint police-fire station. After that $10.8 million goes to economic recovery, then a little over $7 million each will go to supporting black and brown businesses and small business aid. The grant, which Mayor Mims has called “transformative,” is the single largest grant the city has ever received and is expected to be a greater amount than the city will get from tax revenues this year.    Ohio's seemingly endless redistricting process may be coming to a disappointing close soon as federal judges Wednesday ruled that they would take action to end the back-and-forth between Ohio's Redistricting Commission and Ohio's Supreme Court, in which the latter has rejected the former's maps now four times in a row. Out of the three-judge panel, two Trump appointees said in their decision that the maps they select will be the third set of maps drawn by the Republican-dominated commission, which essentially eliminates their incentive to come up with ones that Ohio Supreme Court would deem constitutional. The third Judge, Algenon Marbley, who was appointed by President Clinton, called those maps “irredeemably flawed” and stated a desire to use the maps that were drawn by the independent map makers instead. Judge Marbley expressed his concerns over the likely outcome, writing that "the Republican Commissioners will benefit directly from a crisis they created, and which the Ohio Supreme Court has attributed squarely to them,” and former US Attorney General Eric Holder, who heads an organization that helped challenge the maps in court, stated that "These kinds of actions put the legitimacy of the federal judicial system into question.” The judges did agree on one thing, which was that the best date for a primary would be August 2nd.   In other state government news, the Ohio Statehouse recently passed and Governor Dewine signed Senate Bill 47, which supporters call a modernization effort and detractors label as an assault on workers. The new law goes into effect on July 6 of this year and includes provisions stating that employers no longer have to pay overtime for travel to and from your workplace, activities that take place before or after what they call your “principal” work activities, or activities that take place outside of work that take, “insubstantial or insignificant amounts of time,” like checking emails or voicemail.    The Entrepreneurs Center has a new resource for local entrepreneurs, which is called EC Angels. It's an investment network of local investors who plan to meet online or in person at least six times a year and hear pitches from local entrepreneurs about their business ideas. EC Angels have already identified investors to participate in the network, although others who are interested in joining may do so for an annual membership fee of $250 dollars.    With the primaries being less than two weeks away on May 3rd, the Montgomery County Board of Elections is looking for about 100 more poll workers, and is particularly in need of more Republican poll workers. If you do choose to sign up, you can visit www.mongtomery.boe.ohio.gov/election-day-workers, and you should expect to complete training and then be at the polls for the entire election day starting at 5:45am. Also in election news, I'm excited to preview that I am talking with one person running to become a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge in next Monday's episode, then someone else running for US Senate for Ohio on Wednesday's episode, so be sure to check both of those out.    Now here's what's happening in local entertainment next week and beyond:   There's a Canal St Tavern Family Reunion and Hootenanny taking place at the Yellow Cab Tavern tonight, Saturday the 23rd, starting at 7:00pm. If you're interested in playing, you can sign in at the door and the first 16 musicians to sign up are guaranteed to receive a spot. Performance time for artists will be between 5-10 minutes. Organizers are asking for a $5 donation to help with event costs, but the cost to attend is free.    The Greater Dayton LGBT Center is hosting its annual Spring Community Dinner tonight, April 23rd, at 5:00pm at their downtown Jefferson St. location. Attendees may bring a dish to share in the potluck dinner, and the cost is free to attend.    Also tonight at the Liederkranz-Turner German Club is their bi-weekly Biergarten, which goes from 5:00-10:00pm and features food and over 70 different German beers, as well as German wine. There are also games for kids and the club welcomes people of all ages.    Sunday, tomorrow morning, the Paris Flea Market is taking place, as it does every week at its location at the Dixie Twin Drive-In Theater. The market opens early at 6:00am and ends at noon. Vendors can set up without contracts for $8 and customers pay just $1 per vehicle to enter. They also sell breakfast at the market.    On Sunday, April 24, Front Street is kicking off its Art Hop season from 11:00am to 4:00pm with over 200 local artists and 30 vendors. Art Hops are free, pet-friendly, and there is free parking as well. Food trucks the Rolling Oasis and Cloudy Days Cotton Candy will be there, as will live music, and there will also be free activities for kids.    Of course, if you listened to Episode 11 of this podcast, which was my interview with Emma Smales of Smales Pretzel Bakery, you'll know that next Tuesday, April 26, is National Pretzel Day, and Smales celebrates by giving every person who comes to their bakery a free pretzel, which they'll do from 7:00am to 1:00pm. And of course, if you listened to that episode you'll also know that there will be a limited release of this year's National Pretzel Day t-shirts available as well on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to arrive early with me!   Grammy-award-winning musical artist Alan Parsons is playing this upcoming Tuesday at the Schuster Center. Ticket prices range from $40 to $120. Parsons has eight Billboard Top 40 Hit Songs, including “Damned If I Do,” and “Time.” The show starts at 7:30pm.   The Co, formerly The Contemporary, has its annual art auction on Friday, April 29 from 6:00-10:00pm at its location at the Dayton Arcade, where over 100 original works by local artists will be up for sale. There will be hor's doeuvres and a cash bar and ticket prices for non-members purchased beforehand are $90. The live auction begins at 8:00pm.   Comedian Kerwin Claiborne will also be performing his hit show “These White Folks Crazy,” on Friday April 29 at the Unity Banquet Center downtown from 7:00-10:00pm. Ticket prices range from $30-45. I couldn't find an easy site to send you to for tickets, so you can find the link to the EventBrite page to purchase show tickets linked in my show notes on the Discover Dayton podcast website, discoverdaytonpodcast.com, for this episode. [You can find tickets on EventBrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kerwin-claibornes-these-w-folks-crazy-comedy-tour-dayton-ohio-tickets-309075943467]   There will be a Stop the Violence Block Party next Saturday April 30 at Mcintosh Park on West Riverview Ave. from 1:00-8:00pm, which will have a kids bouncy house, face painting, food trucks, and music. Kids can also get free hot dogs and burgers. There will be drill teams, motivational speakers, poets, and more, and the cost is free to attend.    Also next weekend, you can attend the Spring Spirit Showcase at the Dayton Barrel Work distillery on Saturday, April 30, where you can try the three spirits that earned gold at the 2022 US Open Whiskey and Spirits Competition this year. Ticket prices range from $50-75, which get you over 50 samples of spirits, a commemorative rocks glass, and live music. A link to their EventBrite can be found on their Facebook page.     There are a lot of shows coming to Dayton this year as part of Dayton Live's 2022-2023 Broadway in Dayton series. This includes Disney's “Frozen,” “Les Mis,” and “Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations,” which is a Tony-winning musical. Other musicals that will be featured include “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” “Legally Blonde -The Musical,” and “Anastasia.” Lewis Black and Brian Regan will also be performing at the Victoria Theater later this year. Visit daytonlive.org/broadway for more information about upcoming performances.    That's it for this week's news roundup episode, and if you enjoyed this episode please be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. As a reminder, there is now merch on the podcast's website, and I recently started offering a new service for local organizations where I will come and do Dayton-themed trivia for your employees or members, so if you're interested reach out at discoverdaytonpodcast@gmail.com. And finally, I am going to start putting transcripts of my news episodes on the weekly News Roundup show notes, so check out my website for those. Thanks for listening, and stay funky, Dayton.

AJ Depriest and a badass group of activists in Tennessee read the CARES Act and the American Rescue Act bill. And discovered the smoking guns, for why your HOSPITAL is...

On Monday night, Charlotte City Council is planning to cover a lot of ground from leveraging city-owned land for high-quality affordable housing, to deciding who to give millions of dollars of COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Act.Right now, the city is working with developers to finalize affordable housing proposals at four vacant city-owned properties which they identify as suitable for affordable housing developments. The properties are off Providence Road West, Newland Road, University City Blvd, and South Blvd.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/wake-up-charlotte/charlotte-city-council-meeting-monday-covid-relief-affordable-housing/275-b6630c1c-8ef1-4366-88fe-b3f410b37f6cThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says a three-year-old child that caused a North Carolina AMBER earlier on Sunday has been located. CMPD made the announcement on social media.Her alleged abductor is confirmed as Corey Patterson, 31. CMPD did not provided details on whether or not Patterson was arrested. "Following an extensive investigation, Marlaya Patterson has been located. As additional information develops, it will be released by the CMPD's Public Affairs Office," said in a statement posted on social media.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-issued-3-year-old-charlotte-marlaya-monet-patterson/275-fa6f2877-767d-4284-a89c-a7fb5acfc5ff

Were you in the Herring Creek Area between December 3-6 of 2021? The Sheriff's Office is seeking information from anyone who was. Please call 209-694-2910 if so.  After seeing the positive impact the RAD Card program has had on local business and consumers, The Sonora Area Foundation has thrown another 100,000 into the pot. So if you missed your chance for a Rad card, hurry up and fill yours up now!  An individual is only allowed a max of $100 to be doubled, but the app will continue to allow you to add unmatched funds on it, so  you can use contact free payments at local businesses if you please. Originally,  $500,000 of federal American Rescue Act funds was used for the program; those funds ran out in one week.  The new funds will be available soon, so download the app and keep your ears open!  Ok, moving on! The Temperance movement began when, across the country,  different groups began arguing that alcohol was morally corrupting and hurting families economically. Claiming men would drink their family's money away. This temperance movement paved the way for some women to join the Prohibition movement, which they often felt was necessary due to their personal experiences dealing with drunk husbands and fathers, and because it was one of the few ways for women to enter politics in the era.

After decades of longstanding racism in the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) loan programs, Black farmers stand to lose their farms, land and livelihoods after a temporary injunction halted an estimated $4 billion in emergency relief passed by Congress as part of the American Rescue Act.On World Food Day, as part of the global People's Food Summit, OCA Political Director Alexis Baden-Mayer interviewed lawyer Tracy McCurty of the Black Belt Justice Center to learn about the Black Farmers' Appeal: Cancel Pigford Debt Campaign.How would agriculture be different today if the 3.9 million Black farmers emancipated from slavery by 1865 had been given land as reparations for their stolen labor and had been able to pass that land to their descendants?We've heard of the promise of “40 acres and a mule,” but in reality Black farmers coming out of slavery got nothing. Even the 400,000 acres that were negotiated by Black leaders in an agreement with General Sherman were taken back after Lincoln was shot. It was with grit and determination, and without any help, that Black farmers managed to earn 16 million acres of land by 1910. As farmer Eddie Slaughter explains in a video on the Acres of Ancestry YouTube channel, Black farmers had no education, no political clout, and no help, but they had one thing going for them. They were the ones who knew how to farm! The 16 million acres of land in 1910 was the peak of Black land ownership in America. Whites' violence against Black landowners, including 3,445 lynchings between 1882 and 1964, coupled with severe economic oppression, forced Black farmers off their land.The USDA played a large role in this, one that has continued to this day. Farmers cite multiple instances of discrimination, including:-Misplaced loan paperwork and approval delays of more than two years;-Inability to sell equipment to repay loans due to vandalism at the auction house in the form of racist graffiti on the tractors up for bid;-Loan paperwork being filed on time but funds chronically arriving too late for planting season;-Inaccurate advice about whether FSA loans could be restructured; and-Receiving loan funds weeks later in the season than white farmers in the same area, providing them with an unfair advantage in planting and harvesting a profitable crop.In 1997, Black farmers sued the USDA and won one of the largest ever civil rights settlements against the U.S. government, Pigford v. Glickman. Almost $1 billion dollars has been paid or credited to more than 13,300 Black farmers under the settlement's consent decree. There was a second lawsuit, known as Pigford II, that allowed an additional 70,000 farmers to file claims. In December 2010, Congress appropriated $1.2 billion for the second part of the case. These settlements were significant, but they did not compensate Black farmers for the full impact of the USDA's racist discrimination. As a result, over 17,000 Black farmers have been left with crushing debt, threat of foreclosure, and no way to save their family farms. Most of this debt originated from the racist misdeeds of USDA and was supposed to be canceled under the Pigford settlement, but due to a range of factors including attorney malpractice and incompetence, only 4.8 percent of the $1 billion Pigford settlement went to debt cancellation.Shockingly, the USDA continues to garnish Black farmers' tax refunds, social security, disability, and subsidy payments to cover outstanding debts. Farmer Eddie Slaughter, a double amputee, had his social security, peanut subsidy, and disability payments garnished for over nine years amounting to over $41,000.They turned to Congress with the Black Farmers' Appeal: Cancel Pigford Debt Campaign and finally, in 2021, $4 billion in debt relief was passed by Congress as part of the American Rescue Act. Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan, signed into law on March 11, 2021, was designed to provide debt cancellation to Black farmers, and other farmers of color, who have long suffered at the hands of the USDA's harmful discrimination.Not a penny of that appropriation has reached Black farmers because the courts have sided with white farmers who claim that such payments would discriminate against them!Congress could fix this by amending the American Rescue Plan Act to forgive USDA loans for “economically distressed borrowers.” This would end up helping white farmers who didn't experience racism, but it would still provide Black farmers the relief they need without having to defend it in the courts against reverse-discrimination claims.WATCH: Justice for Black Farmers: A Conversation to Uproot Racist Policy and Plant Seeds of Redress: https://youtu.be/FbhaJ1pwgkEREAD MORE: The Nation: How Thousands of Black Farmers Were Forced Off Their Land: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-farmers-pigford-debt/LINKS:Black Belt Justice Center: https://acresofancestry.networkforgood.comBlack Farmers' Appeal: Cancel Pigford Debt Campaign: https://acresofancestry.org/black-farmers-appeal-cancel-pigford-debt-campaign/

Today, it's another edition of Midday with the Mayor, and our monthly conversation with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about key issues on the mayor's and the city's agenda. The Mayor, who has been vaccinated but tested positive for COVID this week (and is working from home during his 10-day quarantine) joins Tom to talk about the progress the city is enjoying in its COVID vaccination efforts. He also discusses the issues surrounding the city's Inspector General, how the city is planning to spend the $641 million in American Rescue Act funds that have been earmarked for Baltimore, and his continuing efforts to promote transparency in city government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a week focused on masks in FWISD, EJ and Jimmy look to focus on some major stories that made slightly smaller headlines. First, they talk about two companies announcing potential relocation of major manufacturing facilities. Then, we start trying to unpack all of the budget decisions coming up, starting with the city budget for FY2022, and followed by the $809 million coming to Tarrant County through the American Rescue Act.Finally, they break down the proposed $1.5 billion bond program for FWISD that'll be on the November 2 ballot, and talk about how the current uncertainty around masks and enrollment in school could affect voting on the bond.If you're looking for more information about the FW budget meetings, here's the schedule: https://twitter.com/jessica_priest/status/1425204067329060866?s=10.

For full episode notes including more on Heather McGhee, her book, a suggested reading list and additional related episodes to explore go to https://Patreon.com/theLFShowColor of Change board chair Heather McGhee talks with Laura about her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together. She shows how inequality saps the economy, hierarchies damage public health, and short term greed wreaks havoc on the ecosystem.We also take a close look at The American Rescue Plan, which breaks with much of the bipartisan consensus of recent decades and represents a historic step forward for a newly effective coalition of multi-racial forces at work in Washington, says McGhee. How far does it go towards refilling what McGhee calls the “drained pool of public goods,” and what can everyday people do to uproot zero-sum thinking and embed a different set of values in their communities?

August 2, 2021 — From Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, this is the kzyx news for Monday, August second. I'm Sarah Reith. Tomorrow, the Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to invest at least two million dollars of American Rescue Act funds to bringing down the county's carbon footprint. Supervisor Dan Gjerde and Geof Syphers, the CEO of Sonoma Clean Power, joined two members of the Grass Roots Institute, a local environmental advocacy group, to discuss the objectives of the resolution on a public affairs show with Alicia Bales this morning.

August 2, 2021--On Tuesday August 3, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will discuss a proposal to use 2 Million dollars of American Rescue Act funds to reduce and eliminate the carbon footprint of County buildings and operations. The agenda item, sponsored by Supervisors Gjerde and Haschak, was proposed by the Grass Roots Institute, a local group that has been outspoken about the need for climate action by the county. KZYX Program Director Alicia Bales talks with four guests about the Carbon-Free Mendocino Proposal: Dan Gjerde is Mendocino County's 4th District Supervisor. Working with Supervisor John Haschak, Dan created an action item for the board of supervisors' meeting tomorrow, August 3rd. The action starts with the $2 million carbon reduction fund proposed by the Grass Roots Institute, builds on the work of Sonoma Clean Power and proposes the County Government reduce and eliminate the carbon footprint of County buildings and operations. Peter MacNamee and Marcy Snyder are Mendocino Coast residents and volunteers with the Grass Roots Institute, Peter and Marcy are two of the citizen activists who drafted a community-initiated proposal to have the County of Mendocino establish a $2 million fund to help County government and the community to move away from fossil fuels. Geof Syphers is the Executive Director of Sonoma Clean Power. As the leader of a community-owned provider of electricity, Geof has worked to reduce the carbon footprint of Sonoma and Mendocino County customers. Today, 91% of the power supplied by Sonoma Clean Power is from carbon-free sources, and Geof will discuss ways to further reduce the environmental footprint of Sonoma Clean Power customers.

Heather and Pam discuss legal strategies with Dave Willson, a retired military JAG attorney, and an active affiliated attorney with AFLDS. First, they discuss the recent White Coat Summit with sessions on science, the law, and citizen action. They highlight the legal documents available online at AFLDS. Then, they discuss the current legal challenge to Indiana University's mandate for the vaccine. Next, they talk about several groups of parents in Colorado who have formed entities to influence school districts against masks & PCR testing. School boards are getting pressure from teacher unions and financial incentives from the American Rescue Act to implement potentially harmful “countermeasures.” Last, Dave gives specific action advice for people in the military experiencing appalling coercion and discrimination. 2:27 - Intro 3:55 - AFLDS Summit Summary 5:50 - K-12/College Mandates, Indiana State Case 11:50 - Process for suing school districts 15:36 - Qualifications for suing school districts 17:50 - Religious exemptions 21:18 - Military resources for vaccine mandates 31:13 - Sudden death after vaccine, corruption in medical establishment 33:22 - Covid relief money in schools, "American Rescue Plan", Stopping the mandates for your kids https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/

In the real estate industry, we always need to be aware of leveling up our financial situation. In this episode, Rich Arzaga joins Monica to talk about all things financial wellness. Rich shares information about licensing, credentials, and how financial planners get paid, as well as some things to look out for when choosing a financial planner. They also discuss different investment platforms and insurance options. This episode is packed full of great information for any REALTOR®, whether you already have a financial plan or are just getting started.   The title “financial advisor” is a broad term — not everyone you hear about being a financial advisor has the same license or credentials. If you are seeking out a financial planner for your financial situation, make sure you look for someone who is licensed and credentialed. These people are licensed in giving advice or offering different investment options. Rich shares some of the different license numbers, and what goes into being able to earn each license. To find the right financial planner for you, ask the questions about what licenses they have and what that means, as well as what credentials they hold. The CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM Practitioner) designation is going to easily set financial planners apart from one another.   Financial planners get paid in a few different ways. When you pay a fee for service, the financial planner is creating a plan for you, but not managing the money or offering insurance products. As you get to a higher level of need, many advisors fall off and you may need to find a different advisor who is certified to handle more advanced planning like taxes, stocks, investment real estate, etc. A more advanced advisor can help to mediate conversations between other professionals that handle specific aspects of financial planning. Beyond financial planning, there is asset management. These advisors get paid either on commission or a fee.   In addition to license and area of expertise, some other things Rich recommends when trying to find the right financial advisor is chemistry — you want to be able to build trust and make a connection with them. If you're paying someone, you want to trust that you can follow the advice they give you, much like a trusted REALTOR®! Another thing to consider is the company; some companies are very formulaic. Because everyone's situation is different, it's hard to put people in a formula that is true to their intentions. If you're able to work with an independent advisor, that will give you a better shot at more individualized planning.   A frustration for REALTORS® can be that some financial planners don't specialize in investment real estate, and aren't sure how to treat directly-held real estate. Rich became a financial advisor because he was passionate about real estate and now teaches financial planners how to help clients with their real estate questions. If you're looking for someone who can help with real estate, look for an advisor who specializes in cash-flow-based planning. Cash-flow-based planners can integrate directly-held real estate to be part of your financial plan.   There are several independent investment opportunities as well. About 17% of the population are self-investors. Rich talks about some of the different platforms available for anyone who wants to dip their toe in the water of investment. Platforms like Robinhood, Schwab, TDAmeritrade, and Fidelity all offer something a little different for whatever level of investment you are at. It's never too early or too late to start investing, and we are fortunate to have many options!   Rich shares some new information around health care that has come about from the American Rescue Act. Regarding life insurance, don't be afraid to explore this, especially if you have people depending on you. Term life insurance will do for most and there is more flexibility in companies, but if you are going to do cash value, do your research to make sure the company is strong.   Some other insurance options are long-term care and disability insurance. As people get older, one of the biggest risks they face in the balance of their financial life is the need for long-term care and the expense that comes with that. Rich shares some calculations based on the trends for long-term care, the overview of the risk for the family. Disability insurance is quite pricey, but the question for every REALTOR® to ask themselves is if you became disabled today, would you be short in your financial plan or would you be okay? As you are shopping for disability insurance, get as long as your plan requires, or you need; if you can't afford that due to cost, give yourself at least two years to be able to get your situation under control.   The NAR's Center for Financial Wellness is a great program and resource for financial literacy for REALTORS®. The nice thing about this resource is that it is industry-specific, not just general financial planning. It's also free!   Tweetables:   “You may grow out of your partner that you're with if you're growing your net worth and your situation is more complex. You're going to need someone with a little more depth.” — Rich   “Finding somebody that you can trust is really very important, otherwise people who don't have that chemistry maybe don't take that advice.” — Rich   “That's how you get the help. Find somebody that's a CFP®, who does financial planning, that uses cash-flow-based technology.” — Rich   Guest Links:   rich@cornerstonewmi.com view my website!   Additional Links:   Crdpodcast.com   Onlinelearning.realtor for NAR Online Education Training4RE.com — List of Classroom Courses from NAR and its affiliates   crd@nar.realtor   nar.realtor/cffw/live financialwellness.realtor   Host Information: Monica Neubauer Speaker/Podcaster/REALTOR® Monica@MonicaNeubauer.com MonicaNeubauer.com FranklinTNBlog.com   Monica's Facebook Page Facebook.com/Monica.Neubauer Instagram Instagram.com/MonicaNeubauerSpeaks   Additional Bio:   Rich Arzaga is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM, a CCIM, an Accredited Investment Fiduciary®, an inactive REALTOR®, and the Founder and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management. He is also a long-time Adjunct Professor in the UC Berkeley Personal Financial Planning program.   Cornerstone Wealth Management, Inc. LinkedIn “How Real Estate Financial Planning Became Our Niche”   Inspired to be Our Clients' Most Valued Asset®   Rich Arzaga, CFP®, AIF® CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ PRACTITIONER Accredited Investment Fiduciary® rich@cornerstonewmi.com view my website!

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing to discuss the legality of Florida's new law punishing social media companies that de-platform politicians for lying and spreading disinformation. Also, on today's Sunrise: — The lawsuit challenging Florida's new social media law was filed by the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice — two groups that stand for online companies. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a new law designed to limit the amount of money insurance companies have to pay for roof repairs and legal fees. — DeSantis is right when he talks about the ups and downs of the insurance market. As in, your coverage going down and your premiums going up. This new law will not change that, but the insurance companies like it. — The COVID-19 relief bill known as the American Rescue Act includes $4 billion in debt relief to help minority farmers. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says that could help as many as 17,000 minority farmers … but white farmers are trying to stop it. — Fried says the best thing about that lawsuit is that it will create a national forum to air the grievances of Black farmers about discrimination, past and present. — One bit of personal news for Fried… her fiancée is no longer married. She's been engaged to medical marijuana entrepreneur Jake Bergmann since December of 2019, but his divorce has just been finalized. — And finally, a Florida Man signed over the deed for the water tower in Brooksville, after the city council sold it to him by accident.

Suzie Health Solutions is a local center with the Washington Healthplanfinder. We have been helping folks enroll. Today we are going to talk about stimulating the economy with the given tools. The American Rescue Act provides a solid roadmap to increase wealth and services in our local economy.

DC Business & Policy Practice Group Leader Jon Bouker speaks with Co-Leader David Grosso and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon about what you can expect from the DC budget process during this historic year. Listen to learn more about: How DC residents and businesses may be impacted How you can influence the budget process What the American Rescue Act recently passed by Congress that makes billions of dollars available for the District means for District budget priorities

Henrico County will receive .2 million in American Rescue Act funds, the Biden administration announced Monday. The money is part of 0 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds approved as part of the ARA. It is designed to help restore back jobs and address the pandemic’s economic fallout. Funding is being allocated proportionate to each locality's population. For example, as the the sixth-largest locality in Virginia, Henrico is receiving the sixth-largest sum of funding. Eligible state, territorial, metropolitan city, county, and tribal governments will be able to access funding directly from the U.S. Treasury Department in the coming days, officials from...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)

The Governor signs a controversial election bill — and kicks the hornet nest. Gov. Ron DeSantis invited FOX & Friends to broadcast the signing live from Trumpland near Mar-a-Lago in front of an invitation-only audience while the press was denied access. Also on today’s Sunrise: — We got a lot of feedback … no one was proud. — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried responded to the election bill signing by calling DeSantis a dictator who doesn’t care about people. — The League of Women Voters responded with a lawsuit, saying there was never a reason to pass the bill in the first place because it was based on the big lie that there was widespread voter fraud. — On the Sunrise interview, a conversation with Patti Brigham, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida. — DeSantis is also under fire for playing Santa Claus with someone else’s money. Democrats on Florida’s congressional delegation say DeSantis is bragging about providing COVID-19 bonuses for teachers and first responders without admitting the money is from The American Rescue Act, which every Republican in Congress opposed. — And finally, a Florida Woman is facing a felony charge for battery with a burger.

In this episode Colin speaks with Advocacy Director Pete Didisheim about why we’re excited to see a broad range of investments for Maine’s people and environment in the plan announced by Governor Mills to distribute American Rescue Act funding. Pete also gives updates from an extremely busy legislative session on tribal sovereignty, plastic pollution, and many other issues.

Local Matters covers a variety of topics, to include an explanation of the Georgia Open Records Act, encouraging women to strive for elected and executive positons, and what the American Rescue Act means for local communities.

Local Matters covers a variety of topics, to include an explanation of the Georgia Open Records Act, encouraging women to strive for elected and executive positions, and what the American Rescue Act means for local communities.

Peter Fitzgerald, National Pace Assn.This week on the podcast we continue our exploration of ways to help people age at home and stay out of nursing homes. Covid-19 had taken the lives of 182,000 people in nursing homes, assisted living and other long-term care facilities . . . one-third of the national total. The troubles have intensified a spotlight on long-running questions about how communities can do a better job supporting people who need care but want to live outside an institutional setting. That question generates a big list of challenges for communities, health care systems and policymakers.I wrote about this topic in a story for the New York Times several weeks ago, and I’ve been following it up with a series of conversations on the podcast.My guest this week is Peter Fitzgerald. Peter is executive vice president for policy and strategy at the National PACE Association. PACE stands for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. This is a unique, innovative program that recipes its funding from both Medicaid and Medicare. PACE provides medical and social services that allow frail seniors to live independently. It serves about 55,000 people in 30 states around the country. Most are low income and eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. PACE is available only in states that decide to offer it. But the program is poised for a possible dramatic expansion. The American Rescue Act, passed by Congress in March, raises the federal share of states’ spending on home and community-based services by $12.7 billion over the coming year, and PACE is among the eligible programs. More recently, Senator Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation that aims specifically to expand PACE.And the Biden administration’s proposed infrastructure plan includes a $400 billion expansion in Medicaid funding for home-based care. Some of that money could find its way to PACE programs. That would allow it to expand . . . not only in terms of the number of seniors served, but also beyond the primarily low-income population PACE serves now.I asked Peter to explain how PACE works, and why it often is a superior option to institutional care. We also talked about the prospects for expansion. If you’re interested in finding a PACE program where you live, check out the association’s online guide to programs around the country.Listen to the podcast by clicking the player icon at the top of the newsletter. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs: How Do Enrollees Get Protection?Medicare smooths out much of the variation in the healthcare expenses that seniors incur -- but out-of-pocket costs can be high if you’re not careful.Most Medicare enrollees blunt out-of-pocket risk one way or another. According to new research by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 39% were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2018; these managed-care commercial alternatives to Original Medicare have built-in caps on out-of-pocket outlays. The rest are enrolled in traditional Medicare, which does not have a built-in out-of-pocket cap. Most of these enrollees get out-of-pocket protection from Medigap, retiree coverage or Medicaid. But 10% of Medicare enrollees have no protection from this risk. They’re in traditional Medicare but have no supplemental coverage.That is a worrisome finding. This year, an Original Medicare beneficiary without supplemental coverage is subject to a deductible of $1,484 for an inpatient hospitalization plus daily copayments for extended hospital and skilled nursing facility stays. There’s also a separate deductible of $203 plus 20% coinsurance for most physician and other outpatient services, including for drugs administered by physicians for cancer and other serious medical conditions.Advantage plans, meanwhile, are required by law to cap annual out-of-pocket expenses: In 2020, the average cap was $4,925 for in-network services, according to Kaiser, while the cap for out-of-network services is much higher, at $8,828. In Original Medicare, the average out of pocket spending among traditional Medicare beneficiaries in 2018 was $6,150, according to unpublished Kaiser data. That figure includes premiums and out-of-pocket outlays for uncovered services (such as dental, vision, and hearing care). Here’s a summary I put together summarizing Medicare’s out-of-pocket structure. As you can see, it’s quite a patchwork:I explore the implications of this patchwork of out-of-pocket protections in my latest Morningstar column.Subscribe to the newsletterYou’re subscribed to occasional, short posts sent to my free list. Sign up for the paid edition to receive my weekly in-depth report, plus online access to my series of retirement guides. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at retirementrevised.substack.com/subscribe

Listen to Eric Zawicki of Health Markets explain how the American Rescue Act is saving millions of people money on their health insurance. Income threshold levels for the credit have been raised significantly to allow many more people to qualify.Watch the video version here. https://youtu.be/Ns4sd0DHr3Y

At Suzie Health Solutions we have danced around the American Rescue Act for a few weeks and here  is what we know. While everyone has been looking at the $1400 check, there is a whole lot more money with the American Rescue Plan. Let's talk real money like no cost Cobra or if you have a week of unemployment being eligible for platinum level plans for pocket change. When will we see the Big Change in Washington State and what you should be doing right now.

In this episode, I talk about some of the new business provisions contained in the American Rescue Act. The goal of this episode isn't to give you every detail of the new law. It's simply to give you a grasp of what some of the new provisions entail so you can be empowered to make wise decisions.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is one of several Attorneys General who are suing the Biden Administration over executive orders that, he says, exceed presidential authority when it comes to policy decisions. Specifically, the lawsuits deal with the stoppage of the Keystone XL pipeline and the moratorium on drilling for oil and natural gas on federal lands. Schmitt also addresses a lawsuit pertaining to a part of the American Rescue Plan (COVID relief spending bill) that seems to ban states from cutting taxes in some areas.

The American Rescue Act was recently passed to help Americans negatively impacted by the COVID-19 Virus. In this episode I delve into a handful of the main points of this new law that impact you.

Anne Tumlinson, founder of Daughterhood.orgCovid-19 had taken the lives of 181,000 people in nursing homes, assisted living and other long-term care facilities ….. one-third of the national total. The troubles have intensified a spotlight on long-running questions about how communities can do a better job supporting people who need care but want to live outside an institutional setting.I explore these questions in a new New York Times Retiring column posted this weekend. I interviewed a couple dozen experts for the story in areas ranging from health care to housing, urban planning and health care. I’m planning a series of podcast follow-ups to dive deeper into different aspects of the story. My podcast guest this week is one of those experts. Anne Tumlinson is one of the nation’s top authorities in public policy on caregiving, having worked for years on Capitol Hill and in the private sector as an analyst, researcher and consultant. She is the founder of ATI Advisory, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advisory services firm that works to reform health and long-term care delivery and financing for the nation’s frail and vulnerable older adults. Daughterhood.orgBut she also is the founder of Daughterhood.org, a fascinating national network of support circles for caregivers. Earlier in her career, Anne worked as a healthcare advisor to the late Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), and then as the lead for Medicaid program oversight at the Office of Management and Budget. I asked Anne for her thoughts on the challenges people face when they need to make caregiving decisions for loved ones, most often on short timelines and without adequate preparation or knowledge — and, how that affects the choices that need to be made between institutional and home-based care.Listen to the podcast by clicking the player icon at the top of the newsletter. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.Biden’s big bet on expansion of home-based careMy New York Times column notes that the recently-approved American Rescue Act contains a very large ($12.7 billion) increase in federal spending on home and community-based services through the Medicaid program. Moreover, the $2 trillion infrastructure plan proposed by the Administration this week includes an addition $400 billion over eight years to bolster long-term care outside of institutional settings.Howard Gleckman notes in a Forbes.com post that this latest proposal is an important step forward - but that it does nott address the nation’s broader long-term care problems:It focuses on only one piece the puzzle—Medicaid HCBS. And it still won’t provide sufficient services for many older adults and younger people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid for their care. It doesn’t boost funding for a long list of non-Medicaid federal programs that are critical to those living at home. And it does nothing at all for middle-income Americans who are unable to pay for long-term care insurance but are not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. The rest of the Washington agenda on retirementCongress recently rescued the retirements of more than 1 million workers who faced the prospect that the pensions they earned and had been promised might evaporate. The American Rescue Act allocated $86 billion for grants to struggling multiemployer pension funds that would allow them to continue paying full benefits. The law authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to make the grants, which do not need to be repaid.The generosity of the move came as a surprise. Previously, Democrats had been pushing a package of low-interest loans to aid the multiemployer funds, while Republicans wanted to boost insurance premiums paid by employers, add new premiums paid by plan participants, and force more conservative accounting assumptions. But the Democratic majority is looking at things a bit differently this year. And so long as Congress is casting a benign eye on the well-being of these pensioners, I have a short list of other “must-do” retirement items for the consideration of lawmakers. And these are reforms that will impact a much larger - and more demographically diverse - group of retirees now and in the years ahead than the multiemployer plan fix.My list includes:Expansion of Social SecurityReduction of the Medicare eligibility ageFixing long-term care insuranceBuilding affordable senior housingLearn more in my Reuters column this week.Subscribe to the newsletterYou’re subscribed to occasional, short posts sent to my free list. Sign up for the paid edition to receive my weekly in-depth report, plus online access to my series of retirement guides. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at retirementrevised.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you for joining Inside the Room with myself, State Representative Brandon McGee where we discuss politics, leadership, and culture. On Friday, March 5th, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Act into law at the White House. The American Rescue Plan provides $14 billion in funding to help states ramp up distribution of the vaccine and $7.6 billion for health centers to aid the response. During this week's episode we will take the opportunity to provide you with a detailed update from the last few weeks of work that has been ongoing in Washington and Connecticut. We will also discuss the controlling images of Black women and how its impact affects one monarchy. Join me in gathering people from all walks of life, to step Inside the Room in efforts to gain perspective on how we can educate and uplift our communities.

The American Rescue Act has a lot of provisions, and whether you qualify for some of the benefits can be a tricky question. Bruce is joined by Ryan McKeown to tell you everything you need to know. 

In many ways, the American Rescue Act has broader tax implications for more families. Bruce is joined by Ryan McKeown to discuss what that means for you.

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Congressman John Yarmuth talked about why President Biden is trekking across the country to sell the American Rescue Act, vaccinations, the possibility of raising taxes in the future, and the climate of the country with summer on the way...

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With the American Rescue Plan now officially the law of the land, at least from a tax perspective, it is important that tax professionals, individuals, and business owners alike understand its impact. In this latest episode, Deloitte tax policy leader Jon Traub joins us to expound on the new tax provisions and tax credit expansions under this new bill, as well as what other proposed tax changes we can expect to see coming from the Hill in the near future.

Le programme de secours de 1,9 billion de dollars de Joe Biden pour contrer les effets économiques de la pandémie de coronavirus devrait être autorisé d'ici vendredi. Ceci marquera une étape importante dans les 100 premiers jours de l'administration alors que le nouveau président cherche à atténuer les retombées de la pandémie de coronavirus et à redémarrer l'économie américaine.La Chambre, qui est contrôlée par les démocrates, a adopté « l'American Rescue Act », le deuxième plus grand projet de loi de relance économique de l'histoire des États-Unis, pour la première fois le mois dernier. Le projet de loi a ensuite été révisé et approuvé par le Sénat lors d'un vote en ligne le week-end dernier. Il devra être à nouveau approuvé par la Chambre avant de pouvoir être envoyé à Biden pour sa signature finale. 

Justin and Chris talk about the differences in the Senate and House versions of the American Rescue Act. They talk about how the Hyde Amendment was missing from that legislation. There's also a discussion about how we can engage the tension between triggers and resilience.

HR 1 makes an absurd voting reform push in the House, Biden's 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Act returns to the house, Pelosi says the quiet part out loud, and QAnon continues being idiots. All that and more on this episode of Embers of Liberty.

- How Did Senator Mitt Romney Respond when President Biden't Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services Claimed that "Common Ground can be Found Regarding the Issue of Partial Birth Abortions?" - U.S. Supreme Court REMOVES SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S BAN ON INDOOR WORSHIP! - LARRY CRABB: "FINDING FREEDOM FROM THE INCURABLE ADDICTION TO SELF" - How Much "COVID Relief" is Actually IN the Amendment to the So-Called "American Rescue Act" that the House Passed Late Last Friday Night? One Arizona Congressman CALLS OUT Fellow Legislators After Exposing that Only 9 PERCENT of the BILL is For COVID RELIEF

In this episode, we take a closer look at the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Could it be a game changer like a industry experts have suggested? We look closer and discuss the differences between this option and the other two in the market. Plus, what is the latest with the COVID-19 relief package that just passed the House of Representatives? We break it down and share some analysis. Here are some links to the stories we discuss: https://nyti.ms/3bMlqvi https://cnb.cx/3q97d0H