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With new unemployment claims totaling almost 10 million over two weeks and some economists warning that the unemployment rate during the coronavirus pandemic could go higher than it did during the Great Depression, Catholic Charities agencies across the United States are preparing for a flood of new clients requesting help with food, rent and utility bills.
House Armed Services Committee members have demanded answers about the US Navy's abrupt dismissal of the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after the leak of his letter to superiors calling for help with a coronavirus outbreak.
Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of his command on Friday, four days after his letter asking for the Navy's help was leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle. In his letter, Crozier urged a "political solution" and "immediate and decisive action" as his crew dealt with the coronavirus outbreak.
North Shore Community Health, Inc. will receive $809,600.
Lynn Community Health, Inc. will receive $1,288,115.
SALEM, Mass. — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) announced that two local health centers will receive more than $2 million in grants from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, the sweeping economic stimulus and disaster relief bill Congress passed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
MARBLEHEAD — Mitchell Robson found out two years ago that one of the friends he'd made while competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington had committed suicide.
"I waited about a month — after the shock of it wore off — to decide I had to do something about this," said the St. John's Prep senior.
BOSTON — The state has only received a fraction of the life-saving ventilators it sought from the federal government, leaving hospitals in the lurch as public health officials brace for an expected surge in COIVID-19 cases.
Gov. Charlie Baker initially requested 1,700 ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile several weeks ago. The state has only received 100 to date, according to the Department of Public Health.
LYNN — The Lynn Community Health Center has received a $1.288 million stimulus grant as a result of the sweeping coronavirus economic relief bill that passed through Congress last month, according to an announcement from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.).
Considered the largest economic rescue package in history, the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act earmarked $1.32 billion in immediate additional funding for community health centers, but it wasn’t clear how those funds would be distributed until Monday.
SALEM, Mass. — Today, Rep. Seth Moulton wrote to Rep. Richard Neal, the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means with a request for Congress to use the next round of coronavirus stimulus funding to provide the same help to nonprofits that Congress is providing to businesses.
Multiple lawmakers called for Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to resign or be fired after a massive backlash to Modly’s decision to relieve Capt. Brett Crozier, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, after the latter urged his superiors to evacuate the ship for fear of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading throughout his crew.
WASHINGTON — They huddle together on the House floor, conferring over what to do on a tough vote. They exchange group texts to consult on legislation and plan for the (increasingly rare) after-work drink, often with Bitmojis that capture their mood that day. They are frequently spotted walking together on Capitol Hill, huddled in what seems like an endless inside joke.
SALEM, Mass. — Tomorrow, Monday, April 6, 2020, Representative Seth Moulton will host Dr. Christine Moutier, chief medical officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for a digital fireside chat. Anyone can join the virtual conversation by visiting Moulton’s Congressional Facebook page (@RepMoulton) tomorrow at 5:00pm.