Top articles at KiowaCountyPress.net for the week ending August 8, 2020

President signs executive orders to extend unemployment benefits, suspend some payroll taxes

President says he'll sign executive orders extending unemployment benefits, deferring some payroll taxes

USDA Announces Changes to Emergency Haying and Grazing Provisions

Some parents turn to micro-schooling as back-to-school debate rages

States, local governments increasingly declare racism a public health crisis

National unemployment rate falls for third straight month as economy adds 1.8 million jobs

New York attorney general files lawsuit seeking dissolution of National Rifle Association

Schools having difficulty retrieving thousands of digital devices sent to students for distance learning

Opinion: ‘Hire American’ will lead to higher costs, fewer opportunities for Americans

President signs public lands funding, conservation bill into law

Ag stats: 2019 U.S. farm production expenditure highlights

Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy

Polis backs proposal for $500B in federal aid for states and local governments

Department of Ag asks for reports of unsolicited seeds received in the mail

24% of average county population in Colorado has high COVID-19 risk

Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic

Proposed new $1 trillion coronavirus relief package introduced

Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected

New stimulus package including direct payments to Americans, enhanced unemployment benefits proposed

How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them

Opinion: Let states, localities take the lead on reopening schools

Critics: Changing information about coronavirus transmission, impact leads to backlash over policy decisions

Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of human lung cells