Senator Rick Scott: “They claim that if you oppose spending hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out states such as New York, Illinois, and California, then you support laying off teachers, health-care workers, and first responders. Guess what? They’re lying. And unfortunately, too many of my Republican colleagues have bought their lie and are getting ready to cave.”

Meanwhile, more than half of parents who consume cannabis said they have reduced or replaced their alcohol consumption with marijuana.

An 18-year-old University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign freshman died by suicide in October while grappling with isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, his family said. Now, his mother is sharing her family’s tragic story in hope of sparing others from similar heartbreak.

Columnist Laura Washington: “It’s time we advance our own agenda, on our own terms. We don’t need to do a backroom deal greased by the old white guys.”

Research conducted by national consulting firm McKinsey and Co. estimated that students who do not receive full-time, in-person instruction until 2021 will lose an average of seven months of learning this school year.

Evictions filed and approved before the pandemic can move forward if there are “serious health and safety concerns,” officials said.