8 days ago | By Calculated Risk

SPECIAL NOTE: The Covid Tracking Project will end daily updates on March 7th.
From Bloomberg on vaccinations as of Feb 19th. "In the U.S., more Americans have now received at least one dose than have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. So far, 60.5 million doses have been given, according to a state-by-state tally. In the last week, an average of 1.49 million doses per day were administered." Here is the CDC COVID Data Tracker. This site has data on vaccinations, cases and more.
The US is averaged 1.35 million tests per day over the last week. The percent positive over...
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Bernie Sanders is 'confident' that the $15 minimum wage will remain in COVID-19 relief package

8 days ago | By Business Insider

Sen. Bernie Sanders .
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Sanders expressed confidence that the minimum wage hike will remain in the COVID-19 relief package.
The Senate parliamentarian will determine if the wage increase can be passed through reconciliation.
Sanders still faces resistance from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Saturday expressed confidence that the proposed minimum wage hike to $15 per hour will remain in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that...
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