New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wears a protective face mask as he arrives to speak during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters New York state confirmed its first case …
Read More »‘Shark Tank’s’ Kevin O’Leary blasts patchwork state Covid restrictions
Kevin O’Leary on Monday ripped the patchwork approach to coronavirus restrictions across the U.S., saying locale-by-locale variation puts a significant burden on business operators. Appearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the “Shark Tank” investor acknowledged there is a need for policies to curb spread of the Covid-19. “My question is very simple: Who …
Read More »Stay-at-home order issued for San Francisco Bay Area
California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images San Francisco Bay Area health officials announced on Friday that they would implement California’s new stay-at-home order early, even though they haven’t reached …
Read More »California to impose regional stay-at-home order to ease Covid hospitalizations, governor says
California governor Gavin Newsom Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on certain regions of the state where Covid-19 cases are placing a strain on intensive care units, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The state will be split into five regions — the Bay …
Read More »Tom Steyer, Ann O’Leary reflect on California business recovery
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s seven-month-old Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery is disbanding as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a second peak, but his co-chairs predict the state will have a strong economic turnaround once the pandemic is past. Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, one of the co-chairs, said in a …
Read More »‘We’re just pleading with people to do the right thing’ amid Covid, says NJ Gov
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) echoed the sentiments of governors across the nation and told CNBC that, “we’re just pleading with people to do the right thing” as the coronavirus pandemic infects, hospitalizes and kills more people than ever before. “We’ve got the holidays before us, and we are …
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