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State and local governments throughout the country are anticipating to lay off employees in the near future, regreting that a brand-new stimulus expense is not offering them with additional funds.
Governors and Washington Democrats had called for federal aid to states in the costs presently being debated in the House, despite last month’s CARES Act providing $150 billion for state and local bodies dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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” Without this relief, states will be confronted with the possibility of cuts to vital services,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo– who lead the National Governors Association– said in a joint declaration recently, in which they called for $500 billion in federal help to states. “This will make it that much harder to have a strong financial healing, which is a top concern for the president and for all of the guvs.”
Los Angeles already is requiring city employees to take 26 days of overdue leave– the equivalent of a 10 percent pay cut– over the course of the next fiscal year. Detroit is likewise facing significant layoffs and furloughs.
Hamilton County, Ohio Commissioner Denise Driehaus announced Wednesday that 240 county staff members had to be furloughed, and senior authorities still operating in the county are taking pay cuts as well.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared in a Wednesday instruction that he will need to make “severe cuts” without federal assistance.
” I also can not be clearer that the choices we will have to make– missing federal support– are alarming for our state and our healing,” Murphy stated, adding that “without significant and direct financial assistance from the federal government, the programs we care deeply about and which we will lean on will be at danger.”
States like New York, nevertheless, were dealing with severe financial woes before the coronavirus pandemic even struck. Entering into this , Cuomo’s state dealt with a $6 billion deficit spending, the worst in nearly a years.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested Wednesday on “The Hugh Hewitt Program” that states strapped for cash must be permitted to state personal bankruptcy instead of getting federal bailouts to assist them deal with monetary issues.
” Yeah, I would certainly favor permitting states to utilize the personal bankruptcy route. It saves some cities,” McConnell stated. “And there’s no excellent factor for it not to be readily available.”
McConnell noted, nevertheless, that states are most likely to concur that personal bankruptcy shouldn’t be the very first alternative.
” My guess is their first choice would be for the federal government to borrow cash from future generations to send it down to them now so they don’t have to do that,” he said. ” That’s not something I’m going to be in favor of.”
Thursday morning, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked if McConnell’s fellow GOP senators concurred.
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” Republican Senators: Raise your hand if you think your state must go bankrupt,” he tweeted.
In the meantime, the Department of Health and Human Solutions revealed Thursday that the CDC will be utilizing $631 million from the CARES Act to help states deal with the pandemic and work toward resuming.
” This new financing secured from Congress by President Trump will help public health departments across America continue to fight COVID-19 and expand their capacity for testing, contact tracing, and containment,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar stated.
Fox News’ Tyler Olson, Marisa Schultz, Gregg Re and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
