The 50 States Suffered Differentially During The Lockdowns And Pandemic
The economic outcomes for each of the 50 states varied considerably over the course of the 15 months following the disruptions caused by the lockdowns and the Covid pandemic. The purpose of this brief note is to document those differences, with particular emphasis on the surprisingly large effects that variations in Federal, State, and Local […]
Lockdown, Labor Laws, and the Digital Economy
Ethan Yang It doesn’t take a background in economics or public policy to know that the economy is changing and so too is the future of work. Covid-19 and the lockdowns that followed have accelerated society’s transition to the digital economy while highlighting the gross incompetencies that are inherent to our current regulatory apparatus. During […]
The Sunday Read: Blue states scramble to loosen restrictions after Red states’ success
By Chris Krug | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was broadly chided after he announced March 2 that his state was reopening without restrictions and without a mask mandate. “I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%. EVERYTHING,” the Republican governor tweeted. “I also ended the statewide mask mandate.” Later in the day, […]
Unemployment in Free vs. Locked-Down States
Jordan Schachtel , The economic results of America’s ongoing experiment with COVID-19 top-down authoritarianism are in, and they provided for the clearest picture to date about the very real, devastating side effects of lockdowns. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has made available a series of new statistics highlighting the unemployment figures from January (pre-pandemic […]
State of California Lifts Regional Stay at Home Order for All Regions
Ventura County in the State’s Purple Tier Effective Immediately Ventura, CA – The California Department of Public Health has announced that the Regional Stay Home Order has been lifted in Southern California. Four-week ICU capacity projections for the region are above 15%, the threshold that allows regions to exit the order. The action allows Ventura […]
California Lifts Covid-19 Stay-At-Home Order Statewide
By Erik Pedersen Officials with the California Department of Public Health have lifted the stay-at-home order for all counties amid signs that Covid-19 is spreading at a slower rate across the state. Authorities cited improving conditions in hospitals but noted that counties remain subject to the restrictive “purple tier” of guidelines for economic reopening. Individual counties, however, still are able […]
Santa Paula COVID-19 Update: Measures to Increase Community Safety
City of Santa Paula The State of California and the Southern California region continues to see alarming surges in coronavirus-related hospitalizations, cases and deaths. In fact, the City of Santa Paula has the third highest number of total coronavirus cases in Ventura County, just behind Oxnard and Simi Valley. In order to protect […]
US Capitol Goes On Lockdown After Fire Breaks Out In Nearby Homeless Camp
Mary Margaret Olohan |Social Issues Reporter The United States Capitol went on lockdown Monday morning as a fire broke out in a nearby homeless camp. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Alaina Gertz told the Daily Caller News Foundation Monday that the capitol went on lockdown as a result of a fire in a homeless camp. The […]
Peggy Hall | Opening up County Businesses – Know your rights
COVID-19 ‘has brought division, deception and despair’ By Michael Hernandez NEWBURY PARK—COVID-19 “has brought division, deception, and despair,” said Peggy Hall during a Live Fireside Chat 249 held at Godspeak Calvary Chapel Tues., Dec. 15 and attended by 14 business owners and a full crowd. “I have been going up and down the State working […]
Hollywood Deployed Lobbyists to Win Exemptions to Strict California Lockdown
Lee Fang LAST MONTH, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught violating his own warnings against multiple households dining together indoors. The Democratic governor was spotted at the French Laundry, an exclusive restaurant north of San Francisco, where he was celebrating the birthday of longtime friend Jason Kinney. The dinner controversy was more than just an opulent […]
