ECONOMY

COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Billions For Transportation Sector

6:17am March 18, 2021

by David Schaper

About 30,000 pilots, flight attendants and other airline workers can tear up furlough notices. Federal stimulus money will help them keep their jobs, and transit agencies are getting a boost too.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington on Dec. 2, 2020. The Fed issued new economic forecasts on Wednesday at the end of its two-day meeting.

Light At End Of Tunnel? Fed Sees Faster Economic Growth, With Only Modest Inflation

7:56pm March 17, 2021

by Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve has raised its forecast for economic growth, thanks to an improving public health outlook and trillions of dollars in federal spending.

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News Brief: Atlanta-Area Shootings, Border Crisis, Relief For Landlords

1:14pm March 17, 2021

Police in Georgia are investigating a series of deadly shootings in the Atlanta area. The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is growing. Without people paying rent, landlord are struggling.

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Landlord Stephanie Graves walks to the main office at one of her properties in Houston with a resident. She's going door to door offering to help residents apply for rental assistance money approved by Congress that's just starting to flow to landlords an

Landlords Struggling To Stay Afloat See Lifeline In COVID-19 Relief For Renters

7:35am March 17, 2021

by Chris Arnold

The latest COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress has upward of $27 billion for rental assistance to prevent evictions. With so many renters not paying, many landlords are struggling.

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice talks about business trajectory during his annual State of the State address on Jan. 8, 2020, in Charleston. Justice has a plan that he says will help his state's population "soar."

W.Va. Gov. Wants A Population Boom And A Disney Theme Park. His Plan? Income Tax Cuts

7:31pm March 16, 2021

by Dave Mistich

Republican Gov. Jim Justice says his plan to cut income taxes will entice throngs of people to move to West Virginia and maybe attract the next major amusement park. Critics say the plan is naive.

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A shopper walks past a mostly bare shelf as people stock up on necessities at the H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 18. A devastating winter storm that hit the middle of the country last month helped send retail sales tumbling.

Economy

'This Was Bad': Retail Sales Suffer Big Chill In February Amid Stormy Weather

12:05pm March 16, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Retail sales dropped sharply last month after a winter storm blanketed much of the country's midsection, but forecasters expect a sharp rebound in sales.

Pro-cannabis activists take part in a rally on Capitol Hill on April 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Data On Legalizing Weed

6:30am March 16, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.

From left: Chief Labor Department economist Janelle Jones, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers nominee Cecilia Rouse and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

The Women Powering Biden's Economy Are Rewriting The Course Of American History

1:49pm March 15, 2021

by Pallavi Gogoi

Each of them, to a fault, have backgrounds that reflect their interest in creating an economy that works for more people, especially the vulnerable working class: Black people, Latinos and women.

2020 made moving a reality for millions of Americans. Some moved to be near family, others chose to pursue their pre-pandemic pipe dreams and move to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and a cheaper cost of living.

Economy

Why America Is Moving: Money, Space, Family, Lifestyle ...

9:29am March 14, 2021

by Adedayo Akala

2020 made moving a reality for millions. Some moved to be near family. Others achieved their pipe dreams of moving to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and cheaper cost of living.

The relief money that's going toward Mississippi child care will serve 80% of children who qualify for support, up from 28%, says Carol Burnett, head of the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative.

Relief Money Could More Than Double Support For Child Care Needs In Mississippi

8:37am March 14, 2021

Carol Burnett, who heads an advocacy group for child care centers, says the funds will help mothers enormously — "whether they're trying to get out of poverty" or "find a pathway to higher income."

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