The conversion of eviction bans from an emergency public health measure to a semi-permanent economic relief program continues apace with President-elect Joe Biden’s new $1.9 trillion recovery proposal. His plan calls on Congress to extend federal moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures through the end of September 2021. “Failing to take additional action will lead to […]
Politics is preventing New Jersey’s restaurants, bars, and breweries from obtaining some much-needed protections and certainty about their outdoor dining operations. Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) vetoed a bill passed by the state legislature that would have guaranteed these businesses’ right to use parking lots, sidewalks, streets, and other outdoor spaces for serving food […]
Democrats are urging the federal government to do everything in its power to prevent people present at Wednesday’s riot on Capitol Hill from ever boarding a plane again, including adding their names to the FBI’s infamous no-fly list. A number of misleading viral videos on social media have meanwhile given the impression that this crackdown […]
The Capitol Police are coming under well-deserved scrutiny after they failed to prevent rioters from storming the Capitol building yesterday, then killed an unarmed woman who joined the break-in. “I think it’s pretty clear that there’s going to be a number of people who are going to be without employment very, very soon,” said Rep. […]
President Donald Trump urged his supporters currently vandalizing the U.S. Capitol building to go home in a recorded video statement that also validated their reason for rioting. “I know your pain. I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” said Trump in the brief minute-long video. “But you have to […]
Currently, right-wing supporters of President Donald Trump are storming the U.S. capitol building in an effort to stop Congress tallying Electoral College votes that will deliver the presidency to Joe Biden. The ever-gracious Trump has decided to use this opportunity to attack Vice President Mike Pence for not doing that job for them. “Mike Pence […]
Emergency eviction moratoriums were some of the first policies enacted to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. They could end up outlasting it. On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that will stall most eviction proceedings for 60 days and impose a moratorium on evicting residential tenants who make a declaration of COVID-related […]
The United States government has gone through a nearly unprecedented fiscal expansion to combat the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and related business shutdowns. The roughly $5 trillion in relief funds approved by Congress dwarfs the federal government’s response to the Great Recession. You wouldn’t know this from listening to the country’s progressive lawmakers […]
Come 2021 the residents of Concord, California, have something exciting to look forward to: not being allowed to vape on their own balconies. On January 1, the small Bay Area city’s ban on smoking in multi-unit properties takes effect. Once it does, anyone living on a property with two or more units—which would include apartment […]
COVID-19 relief might now be in jeopardy following a late night rant from President Donald Trump, who demanded that Congress cut wasteful spending from its $2.3 trillion spending package while also approving additional spending: $2,000 stimulus checks for all Americans. “The bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different […]
