SURE thing: EU jobs scheme funding a template for heftier recovery fund issuance

By Yoruk Bahceli, Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Debt sales to fund Europe’s pandemic-linked unemployment scheme kick off later this month, a test run for groundbreaking plans to transform the…

World Bank Group Exceeds 2020 Climate Finance Target for 3rd Consecutive Year – $21.4 Billion in Funding for Climate Action – Malawi

STORY HIGHLIGHTS In fiscal year 2020, the World Bank Group allocated nearly $21.4 billion to climate-related investments, surpassing its climate-finance target for the third year in a row. Bank Group…

How is Sacramento CA spending federal coronavirus funding?

The Sacramento City Council allocated the last dollar of its $89 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funding Tuesday. The council approved a package of its last roughly $10 million in…

Dedicated public transit funding is critical for economic recovery

Ashley Northington, Guest columnist Published 2:47 p.m. CT July 23, 2020 CLOSE Jeff Carr talks about Transit vote fail in Nashville The Tennessean Public transportation is vital for low-income and…