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The government's pandemic help has run out
Zach Wolf
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Updated 8:30 PM ET, Mon September 6, 2021
VIDEO -- Slow relief funds rollout
means renters face uncertain future, 02:55 MIN., CNNBusiness
(CNN) Summer's over, and with it the
hope that a return to pre-pandemic "normal" might be just over the
horizon.
Back-to-school has been interrupted
by Covid quarantines for thousands of kids and back-to-work has been pushed
back for millions of workers, as the fall brings new anxieties about more
resistant coronavirus mutations and how to balance the emerging need for
coronavirus vaccine boosters with the still-huge need to get more people to
take their initial doses.
And for millions, things just got a
lot harder. The historic 18-month run of souped-up unemployment benefits has
ended nationwide -- just after the Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden's
effort to extend the pandemic moratorium on evictions, leaving renters at risk
unless Congress acts.
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Americans are going to have to live
with this new pandemic normal as the stilts the government built to prop
Americans up during the pandemic come down, even though Democrats are
simultaneously pushing forward with longer-term agenda items that would remake
the economy to better support low-income workers.
Extra jobless benefits are over.
Lawmakers aren't talking about extending them and no states have taken Biden up
on his offer to use federal relief funds.
Nearly 11 million people are
affected, according to CNN's Tami Luhby, who lays out the data compiled
by the Century Foundation:
*Another 2.7 million lost the $300 federal weekly boost but will continue receiving state payments
*Roughly 2.7 million Americans were already cut off from some or all of their benefits in June or July after two dozen states opted to terminate at least one of the programs early.
There are 10 million job openings in
the US. Cutting off the unemployment spigot might not lead to a huge uptick in
new hires, Luhby writes. Many people are focusing on raising kids. Others are
worried about getting or spreading the disease.
LINK -- CNN asked for input from
people out of the job market and got hundreds of responses. Luhby shared some
of their stories. Read them here.
Search for nurses. One sector struggling to find
workers is nursing, as overwhelmed hospitals look to highter [sic] salaries and
incentives. CNN's Jacqueline Howard looks at a niche within nursing -- school
nurses, who could be a key first line of defense as school districts bring kids
back to the classroom, but expect to deal with Covid-19 outbreaks.
Money for schools. One place where the money isn't yet running out is in special Covid-19 funding for schools. Congress authorized $190 billion for US schools and many billions haven't been spent.
The funds were the equivalent of six years of funding and schools have several years to spend it all. Twenty percent must go to address learning loss, but schools have a lot of leeway on the rest, writes Katie Lobosco:
The Detroit public school district, for example, plans to use Covid relief funds to give teachers a one-time bonus, provide tutoring, expand mental health services, make facility improvements and reduce class size by hiring more teachers.
For now, landlords are breathing sighs of relief that the federal ban, first put in place one year ago by the US Centers for Disease Control and Protection, is over.
South Carolina attorney shot in the head 3 months after his wife and son were killed
Dakin Andone byline
By Dakin Andone and Shawn Nottingham, CNN
Updated 12:35 PM ET, Mon September 6, 2021
PHOTOGRAPH -- "Keep Out"
signs mark an entrance to the Murdaugh family property in Islandton,
where authorities say Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were killed in June.
(CNN) A prominent South Carolina
attorney says he was shot Saturday, according to law enforcement, about three
months after he discovered the bodies of his wife and son shot dead outside the
family's home, deepening the mystery surrounding their unsolved murders.
Alex Murdaugh, who comes from a long
line of influential South Carolina lawyers and prosecutors, called 911 and reported he was
shot early Saturday afternoon on a road in Hampton County, according to a
statement from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
spokesperson Tommy Crosby. Murdaugh was taken to a hospital in Savannah,
Georgia, where he was treated for a "superficial gunshot wound to the
head," the statement said.
"At this time no arrests have
been made," the statement said.
CNN affiliates WCSC and WCIV
reported Jim Griffin, Murdaugh's attorney, said he was told by family
members Murdaugh was changing a tire when he was shot. Griffin told WCIV a
vehicle had passed Murdaugh and turned around when someone shot him. CNN has
reached out to Griffin for additional details but has not heard back.
A family spokesperson said in a
statement the family expects Alex Murdaugh to recover and asked for privacy,
saying, "The Murdaugh family has suffered through more than any one family
could ever imagine," a likely reference to the yet-unsolved killings of
Murdaugh's wife and 22-year-old son.
According to SLED, Murdaugh called
911 and said he had arrived home on June 7 to find his wife, Margaret, and son
Paul shot dead outside of their home in Islandton, a small community about
an hour north of Hilton Head Island. Colleton County Sheriff's deputies
determined both had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
PHOTOGRAPH -- Law enforcement
responds to the scene of the shooting that left Alex Murdaugh wounded.
SLED took over the investigation,
but the case remains unsolved. Alex Murdaugh has announced a $100,000 reward
for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties responsible
for their deaths.
"I urge the public to be
patient and let the investigation take its course," SLED Chief Mark
Keel said in a statement in June. "This case is complex, and we will
not rush this or any investigation."
The killings brought renewed
attention to Paul's involvement in a 2019 boating accident that claimed the
life of a 19-year-old woman. When he was killed, Paul was facing charges of
boating under the influence causing great bodily injury and causing death in
connection to the accident, court records show. Paul had pleaded not guilty and
court records show the charges were dropped after his death.
The family has been prominent in the
South Carolina legal community for decades: Over 87 consecutive years, three
generations of Murdaughs -- including Alex's father, Randolph Murdaugh III --
held the office of Solicitor of the 14th Circuit, which covers Allendale, Beaufort,
Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.
According to the 14th Circuit
Solicitor's Office, the current solicitor is the first outside the Murdaugh
family to hold the elected position. Today, several Murdaughs, including Alex,
work at the Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick law firm.
Alex's brothers Randy and John
Marvin addressed the perception of the family prominence in an interview with
ABC's "Good Morning America" in June.
"You see words like 'dynasty'
used and 'power,' and I don't know exactly how people use those words,"
said Randy Murdaugh. "But we're just regular people, and we're hurting
just like they would be hurting if this had happened to them."
"I can't imagine the horror
that my brother's experiencing," he said.
CNN's Kay Jones contributed to this
report.
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capital of the United States. And residents like Steve Gray fear it will become
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