By The New York Times, Dec 3, 2020 Independent economists overwhelmingly favor the passage of more stimulus money before the end of the year — and the prospects for such a bill seem to be improving. Democratic leaders in Congress yesterday signaled their openness to a bipartisan $908 billion stimulus package. Democrats would prefer a
From a handful of infections in March to a toll reaching seven figures by the holidays, the year has felt like a decade.
The Democrats are a big-tent party. The GOP isn’t. That explains everything.
By Anna Bryson, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Nov 23, 2020 A new study shows that the Punta Gorda metro area is one of the worst-paying metros in the nation for millennials. Of 265 metros, the best paying is San Jose-Sunnyvale- Santa Clara in California. The median income for full-time millennials is $77,900. But — the
By RYAN GILLESPIE and STEPHEN HUDAK, published in the ORLANDO SENTINEL, Nov 20, 2020 Across the country, states and counties are ordering residents to hunker down or wear masks as governors brace for another surge of coronavirus cases. But in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has prohibited nearly all shutdown actions that local counties were able to take early
By Eli Rosenberg, Nov 18, 2020, Washington Post Deadlines set by Congress early in the pandemic will result in about 12 million Americans losing unemployment insurance by the year’s end, according to a report released Wednesday — a warning about the sharp toll that inaction in Washington could exact on the economic health of both individual
By Laura Cassels, published by Florida Phoenix, Nov 10, 2020 As new daily cases of COVID-19 hit record highs across the nation this week, Florida remains an outlier by not requiring its people to wear face masks in public. Florida is one of just 16 states that don’t impose a statewide mask mandate. The others are
His first order of business will be to call Republican and Democratic governors to urge them to adopt mask mandates and communicate the importance of social distancing. By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, Nov 7, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden made his election bid a referendum on President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But as he inherits
By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa, Washington Post, Nov 4, 2020 When Donald Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 to clinch the presidency, he carried 23 counties that had previously voted for President Barack Obama. But when Joe Biden was projected on Wednesday to put Wisconsin back in the Democratic column, he was on track to pry back
By Alexa Corse, Wall Street Journal writer, published Nov. 3, 2020 Election officials say the country should be prepared not to know who won the White House on Election Day, citing a surge of mail ballots that some states will need extra time to count. Already this year, several states needed additional time to count ballots
Donald Trump is now an intrinsic part of the narrative of America. By Thomas Wright, Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, published in The Atlantic, Nov 1, 2020 Donald Trump will never really go away, even if he is resoundingly defeated on Tuesday. Not on November 4, not on January 20, not when he dies,
By Kate Shaw, Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Michael Eric Herz, Arthur Kaplan Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, published in The Atlantic, Oct 28, 2020 Even if Trump were resolved to thwart a smooth transition, much of the process lies entirely outside his control. Sometime in
By Teresa Jenkins, Chair of the Charlotte County Democratic Party When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people called electors. When you cast your vote in the presidential election, you’re not taking part in a nationwide popular vote, but rather helping decide who your state’s Electoral College delegates support.
Written by Jess C., a Charlotte County resident who enjoys writing horror short stories in her free time. This year was the first time I voted. I’ve had various reasons for not voting previously, ranging from feeling apathetic to clueless and overwhelmed with how to fill out the ballot. That changed this time around. If
By Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Oct 25, 2020 The two candidates for Charlotte County’s seat in the state house of representatives disagree on many topics, including expanding Medicaid for the poor and limiting local authority on key policies. Both incumbent Rep. Michael Grant and his opponent David Jones, agree, however, with a focus
Analysis by David Leonhardt, NY Times, Oct 23, 2020 Last night’s presidential debate felt much more normal than this year’s first one. The candidates interrupted each other only occasionally rather than constantly. They argued about big policy issues like the coronavirus, foreign policy and more. But the debate wasn’t normal by the standards of nearly
Did it all began with Judge Robert Bork back in 1987?
By GARY FINEOUT 10/16/2020, courtesy: POLITICO Stop me if you have heard this one before — The presidential race remains effectively tied in Florida, according to the latest poll from Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy released early Friday. Tight — Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a narrow lead of 48 percent to 45 percent over President Donald Trump,
President Trump’s loud and repeated claims about lowering drug prices and taking on Big Pharma are helping him in some polls, but his policies aren’t helping patients who need affordable medicines. It’s time to set the record straight. Trump Claim: Thanks to me, insulin is now “as cheap as water.” Insulin is definitely not cheap
Editor’s note: This is an abridged article published by Florida Phoenix on October 8, 2020 By Issac Morgan Florida is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to people who are uninsured — an estimated 13.2 percent in 2019, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. Voters in Florida and across
By David Leonhardt, of the NY Times, October 13, 2020 The opening day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing showed the very different problems that her nomination creates for each political party. For Democrats, the problem is one of political power. So long as at least 50 of the 53 Republican senators favor her confirmation