covid relief

Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP

March 9, 2021 Alexandra Jaffe and Josh Boak, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax credit that could end up permanently changing the way the […]

By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill

March 5, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted by the slimmest of margins Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull President Joe Biden’s […]

NC House gives unanimous OK to $1.7B COVID relief measure

March 4, 2021 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House voted unanimously Wednesday to distribute another $1.7 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, with most going toward virus testing and prevention, public university campuses, child-care assistance and transportation projects. […]

Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

March 3, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial […]

Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill

March 3, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid […]

GOP attacks Dems’ $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill from all angles

February 11, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans are attacking the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as too costly, economically damaging and overtly partisan, an all-angles attempt to derail new President Joe Biden’s top priority as it starts […]

ECU basketball game at Wichita State postponed

December 28, 2020 North State Journal Staff

East Carolina’s basketball game at Wichita State, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 cases and the ensuing contact tracing of student-athletes among the Pirates. “After consultation with our medical staff, we […]

Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief

December 27, 2020 Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro, and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses […]

Congress seals agreement on COVID relief, government funding

December 20, 2020 Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to […]