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from MarketWatch
China downplayed coronavirus’ severity to hoard supplies, U.S. officials believe
U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show. Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by The Associated Press. The revelation comes as the Trump administration has intensified its criticism of China, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying Sunday that that country was responsible for the spread of disease and must be held accountable.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Editorial: This is the perfect time to reform the K-12 calendar
Gov. Jay Inslee and his advisers – though not the Legislature – are figuring out when and how to reopen the state. It’s a work in progress. Life in Washington will change in many ways, some of them permanent. And one of those changes should be the length of the school year. ... Educators long have known that students backslide in the summer. The days of America’s agrarian past that helped justify the current academic calendar are long gone. Let’s use this opportunity to reimagine the academic year as a full year with shorter breaks spread throughout. That would be good for students and good for working families that often struggle with months of day care through the summer. It’s also a more efficient use of public school resources that no longer would sit idle for months.
Joe Biden wins Kansas presidential primary conducted with all-mail balloting
The contest also featured ranked-choice voting, allowing voters to pick more than one candidate and rank them. The lowest vote-getter – Gabbard in this case – was then eliminated, and her votes redistributed to the other choices in a second round if voters listed a second choice. That process continued until only candidates with at least 15% of the vote remained, eventually only Biden and Sanders.
Americans without bank accounts must wait for federal coronavirus stimulus checks
The government in April began sending $1,200 for each individual, $2,400 for each married couple and another $500 for each dependent child to poor and middle-class families across the United States. Wealthier families get either a reduced payout or nothing depending on their income. To help smooth the delivery of the payments, the government launched an online portal for people to provide their banking information for direct deposit. But that system offered nothing to people without savings or checking accounts. A House Ways and Means Committee memo obtained by the AP estimated about 5 million paper checks will be issued each week, meaning those most in need could wait many weeks for their payments.
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Editorial: This is the perfect time to reform the K-12 calendar
Gov. Jay Inslee and his advisers – though not the Legislature – are figuring out when and how to reopen the state. It’s a work in progress. Life in Washington will change in many ways, some of them permanent. And one of those changes should be the length of the school year. ... Educators long have known that students backslide in the summer. The days of America’s agrarian past that helped justify the current academic calendar are long gone. Let’s use this opportunity to reimagine the academic year as a full year with shorter breaks spread throughout. That would be good for students and good for working families that often struggle with months of day care through the summer. It’s also a more efficient use of public school resources that no longer would sit idle for months.
Joe Biden wins Kansas presidential primary conducted with all-mail balloting
The contest also featured ranked-choice voting, allowing voters to pick more than one candidate and rank them. The lowest vote-getter – Gabbard in this case – was then eliminated, and her votes redistributed to the other choices in a second round if voters listed a second choice. That process continued until only candidates with at least 15% of the vote remained, eventually only Biden and Sanders.
Americans without bank accounts must wait for federal coronavirus stimulus checks
The government in April began sending $1,200 for each individual, $2,400 for each married couple and another $500 for each dependent child to poor and middle-class families across the United States. Wealthier families get either a reduced payout or nothing depending on their income. To help smooth the delivery of the payments, the government launched an online portal for people to provide their banking information for direct deposit. But that system offered nothing to people without savings or checking accounts. A House Ways and Means Committee memo obtained by the AP estimated about 5 million paper checks will be issued each week, meaning those most in need could wait many weeks for their payments.
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