House reaching a tentative deal that includes funding for testing, schools and direct payments to americans but falling far short of whats in the House Democrats plan, negotiations to resolve those conflicts still ongoing, raising the staxkes for the roughly 25 million americans that are about to lose expanded Unemployment Benefits at the end of this month. The Labor Department just out with an update on where that situation stands, another 1. 4 million americans filing for unemployment last week alone, that is the first time that number has increased week to week in almost four months, bringing the total to 52 million unemployed americans since the middle of march. And the nation is about to cross the tragic milestone of 4 million confirmed virus cases. Thats also topping 1,000 for the second day in a row, and reaching the highest number since may. A worrying sign that after weeks of concerns that rising infection rates would translate into worsening death counts, that appears to be t
100 Years Ago: 1924 Hiram B. Perkins, the well known barber of Spring Street, Skowhegan, got the surprise of his life a few mornings ago when on opening the kitchen door he found a skunk sitting on his doorstep. Presumably his foot hit the animal, at any rate Mr. Perkins changed right away to another […]
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The Moline Public Library has announced it will no longer be administering fines for most overdue items, according to a press release from the library.