The huge package passed by Congress will provide cash-strapped local governments a substantial source of additional revenue over the next two years, and some already have ideas on how to use it.
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Maine Voices: Biden’s relief bill – good economics, even better politics?
The proposal provides a safety net to businesses, workers and local governments and supports a ‘whole of government’ strategy to control and end the pandemic.
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Maine Voices: How cheats and scam artists are helping us invest in the future
Whatever their background, anyone who spends a stimulus check is channeling most of that money into an economy that needs it.
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Commentary: Biden climate regulation is about to get tougher
By preparing to raise a key metric called the ‘social cost of carbon,’ the president signals that more stringent emissions rules are just around the corner.
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Commentary: Biden’s COVID relief plan isn’t overkill
The $1.9 trillion proposal could also help the U.S. recover from the Great Recession.
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Commentary: Mob riots aren’t our only crisis. Jobs are evaporating while COVID deaths skyrocket
The country is sliding in more ways than one, and we can’t afford to ignore it.
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Our View: Small-business growth is the recession’s cure
The job loss in 2020 was worse than any recession in the last 50 years and will take extraordinary action to bring jobs back.
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Commentary: How restaurants became one of America’s most selfless institutions
Community outreach during the pandemic has become both a branding opportunity and a moral imperative that will change the industry’s future.
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World Bank sees subdued recovery in 2021, plenty of risk
It warns that ‘the global economy is heading for a decade of growth disappointments’ if policymakers don’t establish comprehensive reforms.
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Maine Voices: Haves, Have-Nots and Have-Lots – a tale of three economies
While we can work to lessen inequality, it is more important to lessen inequity.