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2020

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• Calculate how much you'll get from the coronavirus stimulus. The U.S. government is about to send checks — or direct deposits — to most Americans to help people survive financially as much of the economy shuts down in an effort to slow the

• F.A.Q. on stimulus checks, unemployment and the coronavirus bill. The Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion economic rescue plan on Wednesday that will offer assistance to tens of millions of American households affected by the coronavirus. Its components include stimulus payments to individuals, expanded unemployment

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• How to get money to small businesses, fast. The single best thing Congress can do to stanch economic bleeding is to enact a temporary national moratorium on small business debt collections.

• Everything you need to know about student loans during Coronavirus. There’s so much misinformation floating around right now about what to do with your student loans during the Coronavirus emergency. Let’s set the record straight. Here’s what you need

• How to get help paying your bills and student loans if you’re laid off. Consumers can get relief from payments and fees during the public-health crisis — but they will likely need to ask first.

• DeVos halts collection of defaulted federal student loans. The Education Department is putting a stop to collecting on defaulted federal student loans amid the coronavirus pandemic and ordering private collection firms to stop pursuing borrowers “until further notice," according to the

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• Lenders say they’ll be flexible during the pandemic, but will they really?. From student loans and mortgage payments to credit-card bills and rent checks, consumers are facing possibly the most uncertain time of their lives making ends meet. Many lenders, loan servicers and other businesses are stepping

• Senate, White House reach deal on $2 trillion stimulus package. The Senate plans to vote Wednesday afternoon on a $2 trillion stimulus package that is designed to flood the U.S. economy with money in an effort to stabilize households and businesses that have been floored

• Who qualifies for coronavirus paid sick leave under new federal law?. The federal government’s emergency coronavirus relief law includes paid sick leave benefits for American employees at small to midsize organizations who have to take time off because of the spreading virus. Under the

• Dejar que los adultos mayores enfrenten solos la pandemia “ha costado vidas”. A los 90 años, Paula Stewart ha vivido una vida larga y colorida. Ella apareció en Broadway con Lucille Ball. Estuvo casada con el compositor Burt Bacharach y el comediante Jack Carter.

• ¿La salud o el salario? El coronavirus obliga a algunos trabajadores de Los Ángeles a elegir. Teresa Trejo pasó las últimas dos décadas conduciendo de un empleo a otro, del Centro de Convenciones de Los Ángeles al Dodger Stadium.

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• Consumer Action survey found most respondents are saving for retirement (February survey completed before stock markets tanked on coronavirus news). The vast majority (82%) of the 926 people who participated in Consumer Action’s online Retirement Savings Survey in early February 2020 said they have been saving for retirement.

• How can patients make use of telemedicine. A mask and an iPad. That’s what a patient displaying symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus is handed when they arrive at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. From an isolation room, the

• Election officials call for emergency funding for voting by mail for November. A bipartisan push to expand mail-in voting is underway across the country as election officials brace for a spike in demand from voters spooked by the coronavirus pandemic — despite Republican opposition in Washington to

• These companies are hiring thousands during pandemic. Demand for essential goods and food has skyrocketed and stores are hiring like crazy to keep up. CVS said it is looking to fill a total of 50,000 full-time, part-time and temporary positions. Walmart plans to

• Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae move to protect renters. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last week suspended foreclosures and evictions on single-family homes as the coronavirus continues to spread, but that policy will only help those living in a house, leaving many renters

• Which states and cities have told residents to stay at home. In a matter of days, millions of Americans have been asked to do what might have been unthinkable only a week or two ago: Don’t go to work, don’t go to

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• How to avoid complete economic destruction. To limit mass unemployment, the government needs to provide companies with the money they are temporarily unable to earn.

• Alimento y medicina a una llamada para los de la tercera edad, discapacitados y embarazadas. A partir de este martes, la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles lanza Hearts to Serve, una línea directa para apoyar a personas mayores, personas confinadas en el hogar y mujeres embarazadas.

• After tax pros sound the alarm, tax filing deadline moves to July 15. With the coronavirus continuing its spread, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Twitter on Friday that the Trump administration would extend the tax-filing deadline for 90 days.