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6,300 people in Rhode Island filed for COVID-19 related unemployment benefits on Monday.

That is more than 1 percent of the state's entire workforce.

wpri.com/health/coronav…
More people filed for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts on Monday than filed during the entire month of February.

wcvb.com/article/more-f…
Unemployment claims in Colorado:

Monday, March 9: 400
Monday, March 16: 3,900

thedenverchannel.com/news/coronavir…
In Pennsylvania, 50,000 people filed for unemployment on Monday, and state officials said the final number would be higher on Tuesday. That is almost *2 percent* of the state's workforce.

post-gazette.com/news/state/202…
In Connecticut, where the average is about 3,000 claims per week, there were 10,000 unemployment benefit claims on Monday and 5,000 additional filings before noon on Tuesday.

ctmirror.org/2020/03/17/une…
This looks like a good roundup of some other states:
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The bill that the House passed last night only guarantees paid coronavirus sick leave to ~20 percent of American workers.

I repeat: Most workers still aren't guaranteed paid sick leave.

nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opi…
Republicans insisted on an exemption for companies with more than 500 employees, and Democrats caved.

McDonald’s, Amazon, and pretty much any other company that you’ve ever heard of — THEY ARE EXEMPTED.

And that loophole includes 54 percent of all workers.
The bill also lets the Trump administration provide exemptions to employers with less than 50 workers.

That’s another 26 percent of the workforce -- 80 percent total.
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The coronavirus has been a known threat to public health for more than two months. Today -- today! -- the Trump administration finally decided to let doctors determine who should be tested.
nytimes.com/2020/03/04/hea…
It's only fair to note that large-scale testing hasn't been possible until now -- and may still not be possible -- because the Trump administration also failed to establish the necessary infrastructure.
This is a drive-through testing station in South Korea -- a country that had the same amount of lead time as the United States to get ready for this thing.
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The founders dressed the new republic in the architecture of Greece and Rome to assert its legitimacy. Now the United States is nearly 250 years old; it no longer needs to wear borrowed clothes. nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opi…
Here are some of the buildings created under a 30-year old federal program to encourage excellence in civic architecture. The Moakley courthouse in Boston:
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Standing by for today's update on R.I response to COVID-19. Yesterday, @RIHEALTH told us there are 20 positive cases, and @GovRaimondo issued new orders for insurers.

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