Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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St. Paul, MN: Assistance from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Rural Finance Authority (RFA) will be available to help farmers whose operations are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A $330 million Minnesota COVID-19 relief bill Governor Tim Walz signed into law Saturday contains provisions expanding the use of funding for the RFA that was approved earlier this spring, opening up the Disaster Recovery Loan Program for loss of revenue due to human contagious disease. “It’s important that we make sure farmers whose busin...
BURLINGTON, March 31 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan detailing troubling news reports of postal employees being urged to continue working while showing symptoms of COVID-19 illness. Postal workers also reported having to work without appropriate personal protective equipment. “It is not an exaggeration to say that our men and women in the Postal Service, who were already performing one of the most important jobs in America, are now literally putting their own lives on the line to deliver the foo...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) releases the following statement from its president, Twila Brase, RN, PHN: “Congress just approved $500 million for the creation of a nationwide health surveillance system. While it is not clear exactly how this will look, this system is not a last-minute decision based on the current emergency. This system has long been supported by the data-hungry health care industry, data corporations and state, local and federal government agencies. As the Health Information Management Syste...
Yesterday, Instacart delivery workers across the country walked off the job, protesting Instacart’s refusal to provide them with basic workplace protections, including hazard pay for their work during the covid-19 pandemic, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes to keep them safe on the job, or paid sick leave for vulnerable workers with preexisting conditions or whose doctors have recommended that they self-quarantine. In solidarity with the striking workers, UltraViolet, a leading women’s advocacy organization, launched a petition dem...
April 1, 2020 is National Census Day. The April 1 Census Day is not a deadline. Rather, when citizens do respond to the census, they are expected to tell the United States Census Bureau where they reside as of April 1. The actual deadline for responding to the census typically falls at the end of July, however the Census Bureau announced on Friday, March 20, that it would delay this year's deadline to mid-August due to the disruption of the COVID-19 virus. Census takers, called enumerators,...
WASHINGTON – On March 26, the U.S. Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which allocated urgently needed funding to tribal colleges and universities or TCUs. While important in addressing immediate, short-term needs, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium states the funding falls far short of the estimated $140 million that TCUs and their students need to adequately and equitably address the post-secondary, workforce development, research and community-support challenges facing Indian Country as C...
Despite this year's crash in crude prices, TC Energy Corp on Tuesday said it would start construction on the controversial $8bn Keystone XL pipeline after it secured financial backing for the project from the government of Alberta, Canada, pushing the long-delayed pipeline closer to fruition. Alberta, home of the world's third-largest oil reserves, has struggled for years as congested pipelines weakened prices and forced the provincial government to curtail production. Many companies in the province have cut capital spending as well due to the...
(CNN) - President Donald Trump warned of a "painful" and "tough" two-week stretch ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures that -- even if followed closely -- could still mean more than 100,000 and up to 240,000 Americans die from coronavirus. It was a stark message from a President who spent weeks downplaying the severity of the virus and questioned its potential impact in the United States. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/trump-white-house-guidelines-coro...
