Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks
Supporters say the Great American Outdoors Act is the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century.
Supporters say the Great American Outdoors Act is the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century.
Now that weddings have slowly cranked up under a patchwork of ever-shifting state and local restrictions, planners, photographers and other bridal vendors have a heap of new worries in the middle of the pandemic.
More than 940 exhibitors have already registered for the event, which could bring upwards of 67,000 people to the Indiana Convention Center and generate an economic impact of $65.2 million. But county health officials haven’t yet approved the event.
The race had been postponed from its usual Memorial Day weekend date to Aug. 23, before announcements that the track would limit seating to 50% and then later 25%—with masks required—and now with no fans at all.
Marion County reported an increase of 166 cases, the 19th straight day that cases in the county have risen by more than 100.
The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, predicts record back-to-school spending this year, but other retail experts foresee big cutbacks.
After several years of building up its pre-K program, Indiana is now poised to evaluate the success of On My Way Pre-K. But the coronavirus could make it difficult.
The National Football League, a little over a month from the start of its 2020 season, has a plan to avoid the kind of coronavirus-driven game cancellations that have plagued the start of Major League Baseball.
Renewed job losses in California brought on by revived lockdown efforts might have a preliminary impact in the July U.S. jobs report due Friday—and an even bigger effect in August.
The weekly cost of testing employees could range from more than $19,000 to nearly $38,000, according to estimates. But the Trump administration said nursing homes can cover the cost of ongoing testing from a $5 billion pot provided by Congress, and allocated to the facilities by the White House.
The pandemic took a huge bite out of routine surgeries and other highly profitable procedures at the state’s largest hospital system.
Gains for tech stocks, particularly Microsoft and Apple, pushed the Nasdaq composite up 1.5%, to another record.
Postal Service officials, bracing for steep losses from the nationwide shutdown caused by the pandemic, have warned they will run out of money by the end of September without help from Congress.
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that the deficit for this year will soar to $3.7 trillion, far surpassing the previous record deficit of $1.4 trillion in 2009, the first time the shortfall for a single year topped $1 trillion.
Both the Trump administration negotiating team and top Capitol Hill Democrats remain far apart, and talks since Saturday—when the combatants announced modest progress—have yet to lend momentum.
The hospital has made more than $60 million in cuts, including the elimination of its 401(k) match through the rest of the year and the closing of a rehabilitation hospital in Kokomo.
Meanwhile, parents and caregivers of football players at an Indianapolis high school have been told to monitor their children after a player at Warren Central tested positive for the virus.
Marion County reported an increase of 153 cases, the 18th straight day that cases in the county have risen by more than 100.
Indianapolis-based Republic expects the layoffs to take place in two waves on Oct. 1 and Nov. 1, although they likely will be temporary for local pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and maintenance facility employees.
Tailored Brands, the owner of Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank and K&G Fashion Superstore, has 11 total stores in the Indianapolis area.