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Sanders says Arkansas in 'dire need of federal assistance,' but Trump says no - Arkansas Times

The state of Arkansas has appealed the federal government's denial of a request for assistance following disasters in North Arkansas.

arktimes.com

That big talk did not dissuade then-President Joe Biden from quickly signing off on disaster relief for Arkansas after the March 31, 2023, tornado.

Indeed, a retrospective press release from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management sent a year later noted how quickly the Biden administration responded to the 2023 storms that killed five:

 

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Volvo layoffs to affect up to 350 at New River Valley plant

Volvo currently employees about 3,400 people making heavy-duty trucks at the Pulaski County location.

cardinalnews.org

Volvo plans to lay off 250 to 350 employees at its New River Valley plant in Dublin by the end of June as part of a round of job cuts affecting up to 800 people in all.

Volvo currently employs about 3,400 people making heavy-duty trucks at the Pulaski County location. The 2.3-million-square-foot plant is the largest Volvo manufacturing facility in the world.

Employees were notified Thursday. Affected employees’ last day at the Dublin plant will be June 27, Volvo spokesperson Janie Coley said in a statement.

“Heavy-duty truck orders continue to be negatively affected by market uncertainty about freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes, and the impact of tariffs,” Coley said.

In February, the company announced layoffs affecting 250 to 350 employees at the Dublin plant. Coley said that ended up being 180 people due to attrition.

 

[Carolina Fever]

Volvo layoffs to affect up to 350 at New River Valley plant

Volvo currently employees about 3,400 people making heavy-duty trucks at the Pulaski County location.

cardinalnews.org

Volvo plans to lay off 250 to 350 employees at its New River Valley plant in Dublin by the end of June as part of a round of job cuts affecting up to 800 people in all.

Volvo currently employs about 3,400 people making heavy-duty trucks at the Pulaski County location. The 2.3-million-square-foot plant is the largest Volvo manufacturing facility in the world.

Employees were notified Thursday. Affected employees’ last day at the Dublin plant will be June 27, Volvo spokesperson Janie Coley said in a statement.

“Heavy-duty truck orders continue to be negatively affected by market uncertainty about freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes, and the impact of tariffs,” Coley said.

In February, the company announced layoffs affecting 250 to 350 employees at the Dublin plant. Coley said that ended up being 180 people due to attrition.

 

[8992Tiger]

I feel bad for the kid, not so much for the Trump voting mother.

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www.npr.org

Well, it is clear that Trump and his boy-toy Elon consider this waste, fraud, and abuse. I hope she gets it now; he considers her values waste fraud, and abuse.

 

[8992Tiger]

It tickles me when people dumb enough to vote for Trump later try to explain stuff to the rest of us.
Yeah, we know. You don’t have to explain anything to us. We have been telling you this for a long time now.

Here's another good one: “It’s not a negotiation, right? It’s a, ‘Hey, we need what we were promised.'”

Damn, dude, what rock have you been living under during the last nine years?

 

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'Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders'...

www.rawstory.com

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.


Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for funds.

On Friday, Sanders appealed the federal government's denial in a letter telling Trump that her state was in "dire need of federal assistance."

However, Trump's administration has refused to budge.

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Cotton, however, has a history of voting against disaster relief for other states.

"I don't think Arkansas needs to bail out the Northeast," Cotton said in the aftermath of 2013's Hurricane Sandy.

 

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[Mulberry Heel]

Mississippi Schools Reeling as Trump Admin Revokes $137 Million

Mississippi education leaders were left reeling after the Trump administration rescinded $137 million in COVID-19 relief funds from schools.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Mississippi’s private and public schools could lose more than $137 million after the U.S. Department of Education decided to rescind remaining COVID-19 relief funds. The federal government awarded the funds amid the pandemic to help states and school districts address issues arising from the crisis, but until this month had said it would allow states an extension to finish using the money.

The decision has left Mississippi education leaders reeling and school administrators scrambling to figure out how to proceed, with some schools potentially left holding the bag for work that is in progress and that depended on the funds for payment.

“This is the equivalent of you going to a lender and them granting you a half million dollar builders loan (but) you get $300,000 into it and (they) say, ‘Oh yeah, we’re only gonna give you $300,000,” Mississippi State Superintendent Dr. Lance Evans, who is trying to get the decision reversed, said during the Mississippi Board of Education meeting on Thursday. “Literally, that’s what it equates to.”

Schools are now wondering if they need to make immediate changes as they await updates.

Dirt poor, deep red states like Mississippi and West Virginia are going to get utterly screwed in this administration. Yet I'm sure most Republican voters in these states will find creative ways to blame Democrats for their problems, not their Jesus-anointed god king.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

'Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders'...

www.rawstory.com

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.


Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for funds.

On Friday, Sanders appealed the federal government's denial in a letter telling Trump that her state was in "dire need of federal assistance."

However, Trump's administration has refused to budge.

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Cotton, however, has a history of voting against disaster relief for other states.

"I don't think Arkansas needs to bail out the Northeast," Cotton said in the aftermath of 2013's Hurricane Sandy.

Self-righteously trying to deny federal aid for places that dare to not support your cult leader when they're hit by a natural disaster and are suffering, and then openly begging and pleading for federal aid for your own state when it's hit by a natural disaster, is the very image of hypocrisy. Of course we've all known that they are hypocrites for a long time, but while I feel sorry for the victims of these tornadoes who will likely not get any federal help like they normally would, I don't feel at all sorry for people like Cotton or Huckabee. You reap what you sow, as they say.

 

[mpaer]

Dirt poor, deep red states like Mississippi and West Virginia are going to get utterly screwed in this administration. Yet I'm sure most Republican voters in these states will find creative ways to blame Democrats for their problems, not their Jesus-anointed god king.

West Virginia's State budget is 5.3 billion. They have zero room for emergencies. Like NC their goal is to eliminate income tax where possible.......

 

[gregh1]

And have the day you CHOSE - more than a third Miss potential voters didn't vote.

 

[ZenMode]

Mississippi Schools Reeling as Trump Admin Revokes $137 Million

Mississippi education leaders were left reeling after the Trump administration rescinded $137 million in COVID-19 relief funds from schools.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Mississippi’s private and public schools could lose more than $137 million after the U.S. Department of Education decided to rescind remaining COVID-19 relief funds. The federal government awarded the funds amid the pandemic to help states and school districts address issues arising from the crisis, but until this month had said it would allow states an extension to finish using the money.

The decision has left Mississippi education leaders reeling and school administrators scrambling to figure out how to proceed, with some schools potentially left holding the bag for work that is in progress and that depended on the funds for payment.

“This is the equivalent of you going to a lender and them granting you a half million dollar builders loan (but) you get $300,000 into it and (they) say, ‘Oh yeah, we’re only gonna give you $300,000,” Mississippi State Superintendent Dr. Lance Evans, who is trying to get the decision reversed, said during the Mississippi Board of Education meeting on Thursday. “Literally, that’s what it equates to.”

Schools are now wondering if they need to make immediate changes as they await updates.

Why is the Federal government still giving out COVID money? Biden declared the pandemic over.

 

[genevabuck]

West Virginia's State budget is 5.3 billion. They have zero room for emergencies. Like NC their goal is to eliminate income tax where possible.......

It seems that with Trump making FEMA pretty much a thing of the past, the low tax lifestyles of some of these states might be over.

 

[Icky Mettle]

It seems that with Trump making FEMA pretty much a thing of the past, the low tax lifestyles of some of these states might be over.

If that’s the case, considering the amount of poverty in those states, the wealthy will have to be taxed considerably.

 

[mpaer]

If that’s the case, considering the amount of poverty in those states, the wealthy will have to be taxed considerably.

That sure as hell won't happen in Wva lol

 

[BlooVooDoo]

WV is not a low tax state. I think there are only 12 or so with higher rates.

 

[genevabuck]

If that’s the case, considering the amount of poverty in those states, the wealthy will have to be taxed considerably.

I suppose that they could vote themselves into a regional Great Depression, which with their tribal type of thinking wouldn’t be surprising. I mean, people in W Va rail on EVs, which would increase coal usage and lower the cost of gas.

 

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If that’s the case, considering the amount of poverty in those states, the wealthy will have to be taxed considerably.

Yeah, that seems likely to happen.

 

[ChileG]

Why is the Federal government still giving out COVID money? Biden declared the pandemic over.

The government awarded monies to the states during the pandemic. They were given a deadline (which extended past the time when COVID was a pandemic) to spend the money. Because, you know, school buildings and such projects aren’t planned for and built in the span of a year or less.
Now Trump is rescinding that money as the projects are being built and will leave states like Mississippi on the hook for the cost. The cost of the builds don’t magically disappear because COVID cases are no longer at pandemic levels.

 

[ZenMode]

The government awarded monies to the states during the pandemic. They were given a deadline (which extended past the time when COVID was a pandemic) to spend the money. Because, you know, school buildings and such projects aren’t planned for and built in the span of a year or less.
Now Trump is rescinding that money as the projects are being built and will leave states like Mississippi on the hook for the cost. The cost of the builds don’t magically disappear because COVID cases are no longer at pandemic levels.

Right. COVID money probably shouldn't be used to build buildings because building construction has nothing to do with Covid. That money should be returned.

The government gave out money to some businesses to continue paying employees when businesses were closed. They can't just take that money and throw a company party or buy new equipment.