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BREAKING: The House of Representatives has just voted to APPROVE the Stimulus Package to help during the corona virus. The Senate approved the bill on Wednesday in a 92-0 vote. With the bill passed in the House, The bill moves to President Trump to sign into law which is expected happen shortly, as the HOUSE was rushing the bill to President Trump for his signature.

Direct payments to individuals

Under the plan as it was being negotiated, single Americans would receive $1,200, married couples would get $2,400 and parents would see $500 for each child under age 17. However, the payments would start to phase out for individuals with adjusted gross incomes of more than $75,000, and those making more than $99,000 would not qualify at all. The thresholds are doubled for couples.

Student loan payments suspended

The Department of Education would suspend payments on student loan borrowers without penalty through September 30, according to the bill. CNN reported last week that the Department of Education was planning to allow student loan borrowers to suspend payments without penalty and accruing interest for at least 60 days.

REAL ID deadline delayed

The deadline to obtain a REAL ID, federally mandated identification that will be needed for passengers to board aircraft, will be extended until at least September 2021 — a year past the current deadline.

• Loan forgiveness for certain small business loans. Employers may be eligible for a portion of their federal small business loans to be forgiven (tax-free) for amounts spent for certain payroll, sick leave, family leave and other overhead expenses between Feb. 15 and June 6, as well as certain other debt obligations incurred prior to Feb. 15.

• Additional Small Business Administration loan payments. The Small Business Administration will pay the principal, interest and any associated fees that are currently owed on 7(a) loans, 504 loans and micro-loans. This would be for a six-month period starting on the next payment due date. Loans that are already on deferment would include an additional six months of payment by the Small Business Administration beginning with the next payment.

• Income tax break for some employees. Employee borrowers of student loans that receive assistance from their employers in paying off student loans will not have to pay income tax on any payment assistance, up to $5,250, they receive between enactment of this law and Jan. 1, 2021.

• Deferred Social Security tax. Employers and self-employed individuals would be allowed to defer payment of their employer share of the Social Security tax until Dec. 31.

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Update: Gov. Wolf added 34 counties to his stay-home edict, meaning that residents of all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties must now stay home as much as possible to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

March 27, 2020- 9 additional counties added to the stay at home order issued by Gov. Tom Wolf.

📍Berks 📍Butler 📍Lackawanna 📍Lancaster 📍Luzerne 📍 Pike 📍Wayne 📍 Westmoreland 📍 York To be clear: ALL Pennsylvania residents should be staying home to stop the spread of COVID-19. People who live in counties under this order are required to do so, and can only leave their homes if it is for a necessary task.

Tom Wolf has just announced a stay at home order for 7 counties in PA. Including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe & Montgomery. ALL residents are ORDERED to stay home unless someone’s life depends on leaving your home.

Roads will stay open as will grocery stores and pharmacies.

Schools in the state will be closed another 2 weeks for mitigation efforts.

We will bring you the latest information as we get it in.

Gov. Murphy has announced he has signed an executive order that ALL RESIDENTS MUST STAY HOME until Further Notice. All gatherings are canceled until further notice. NO weddings, parties or in-person services. You can NOT cross states lines to shop or travel there. Urging people who have homes at the NJ Shore. STAY AT Primary Residence. ALL non Essential businesses must close effective 9pm tonight. Essential stores will remain open. All 9 million residents must stay home.

ALL gatherings are canceled.

ALL non-essential retail businesses must indefinitely close their physical stores to the public effective 9:00 p.m. tonight.

A Second Executive Order was signed that the order above supersedes any local or township orders.

Also ordering non NJ residents to NOT travel into NJ during this order.

After NJ Gov. Phil Murphy announced this morning that he is mandating the indefinite closure of ALL Municipal, county, and State public libraries and computer labs at public & private higher ed institutions.

Murphy has also just announced that after 400 new test results, bringing the total in the state of NJ to 1327. 16 people have died in the state of NJ from Covid-19.