Here’s what federal stimulus package could mean to Hoosiers
The COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on Indiana has affected job security, food access, housing needs and government budgets.
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Stocks close at new highs after signing of COVID-19 rescue package
U.S. investors cheered the U.S. aid package, restoring some of the optimism that drove global stocks to a record this month even as the pandemic escalated.
City to close Monument Circle to homeless camps
Mark Bode, deputy communications director for Mayor Joe Hogsett, said the impetus behind the notice is that “encampments and storage of personal property in the Circle are blocking pedestrian traffic and causing disruption to nearby businesses.”
COVID-19 surge sidelines health workers when they’re needed most
More than 118,000 people—roughly equivalent to the population of Lansing, Michigan—have been in hospitals with COVID on average over the past seven days. That’s a record, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.
Southwest pulls threat of furloughs after relief bill signed
American and United Airlines, which together furloughed 32,000 employees in October, said Monday they will bring those workers back temporarily.
House set to vote on Trump’s $2,000 checks as GOP balks
Democrats who control the House favor the larger stipends, beyond the $600 payments included in the massive COVID bill. But the president’s push for more spending is forcing his Republicans allies who oppose the higher payments into a tough spot.
Local board management software firm raises $8M in capital
Boardable officials said the latest round of funding will allow the company to expand its team, pursue new markets and build new product capabilities for its software.
TSA sees highest number of airport passengers screened since pandemic started
The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.28 million people Sunday at airport security checkpoints across the country.
Indiana reports 2,494 new COVID-19 cases, 43 more deaths
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased for the second straight day, from 2,811 on Saturday to 2,866 on Sunday.
Westfield Council OKs pedestrian crossing as stop-gap for Monon Trail underpass project
A majority of the council voted Monday to temporarily install a signalized pedestrian crossing on the road’s surface to address safety concerns as officials come up with a funding plan for the full tunnel project.
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine to be studied in United States
The candidate made by Novavax Inc. is the fifth to reach final-stage testing in the U.S. Some 30,000 volunteers are needed to prove if the vaccine–a different kind than its Pfizer and Moderna competitors–really works and is safe.
Here’s what’s in $900B pandemic relief bill signed by Trump
The massive, year-end catchall bill that President Donald Trump signed into law Sunday combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.
Some employees itching to work somewhere other than home; others love it
Employees now working remotely find themselves imagining the new shape of their work lives in a post-pandemic America. Some glimpse a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel; others see an oncoming train.
Holiday sales tick up as shoppers invest in their homes
The increase fell short of predictions from the National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, which had expected sales to rise between 3.6% and 5.2% this year compared with 2019.
AstraZeneca says its vaccine should be effective against COVID-19 variant
British authorities have blamed the new virus variant for soaring infection rates across the country. They said the variant is much more transmittable, but stress there is no evidence it makes people more ill.
Trump signs $900B stimulus measure, extending unemployment and averting shutdown
The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits.
COVID-19 cases in Indiana fall to lowest mark since late October
The Indiana State Department of Health on Sunday said 4,792 new individuals had been tested, ending a streak of 61 straight days in which testing in that category had exceeded 10,000.
Census data: Indiana gained nearly 24K new Hoosiers in 2020
Adjacent Illinois’ population fell by 79,487 residents to 12.6 million, the second biggest loss nationwide after only New York state.
Caesars to sell southern Indiana casino to Cherokee tribe
Caesars made the announcement just before a Dec. 31 deadline to divest from the casino operation, located in the Harrison County town of Elizabeth, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.
Indiana reports 3,806 new COVID-19 cases, 30 more deaths
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped to 2,808 on Christmas Day, down from 2,918 on Christmas Eve.