Possibility of First Responder Layoffs

Due to lost revenue and the pandemic.

PROJECTED TO LOSEAROUND 80 MILLION INREVENUE DUE TO THECORONAVIRUS.CONGRESS HASSTEPPED UPALLOCATING ONEPOINT TWO BILLIONDOLLARS FOR THESTATE OF NEBRASKA..BUT THE PROBLEM ISTHE STATE OR LOCALGOVERNMENTS CANONLY SPEND THATMONEY ON COVID-19RELATED EXPENSES,SO THE CITY WOULDSTILL HAVE A MASSIVEHOLE, WITH HUGEPOTENTIALCONSEQUENCES.REPORTER JONKIPPER TELLS USABOUT A POSSIBLESOLUTION COMINGFROM OMAHA'SCONGRESS MEMBER.JENNY,CONGRESSMAN DONBACON HASMENTIONED ITBEFORE, BUT TODAYHE INTRODUCED ABILL THAT WOULDALLOW STATE ANDLOCAL GOVERNMENTSTO USE THE FEDERALMONEY FOR LOSTREVENUE, WHICHCOULD SAVE FIRSTRESPONDER JOBS.CURRENTLY THEPOLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENTS AREON A SPENDING ANDHIRING FREEZE.BUT THEY'LL NEEDMORE HELP.CONGRESSMANBACON HOPESCONGRESS CAN PASSA BILL ALLOWINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTSTO SPEND THE MONEYIN THE NEXT TWO TOTHREE WEEKS.HE SAYS HE ALREADYHAS BI-PARTISANSUPPORT ANDBELIEVES EITHER HISBILL, OR A SIMILARONE, WILL GETTHROUGHCONGRESS...IF ITDOESN'T, IT WOULDBE BAD NEWS FORPOLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENTSACROSS THECOUNTRY."IF WE DON'TRESOLVE THIS, OURFIREMEN, OUR LAWENFORCEMENT, OURFIRST RESPONDERS,ARE UNDER RISK OFBEING LAID OFF,AND THAT WOULDBE A TRAGEDY, ATRAVESTY, FOR OURCOMMUNITY ANDANY COMMUNITY."DON BACON, NE-2,CONGRESSMANBACON'S BILL WOULDALLOW CITIES TORECOUP LOSTREVENUE FROMMARCH TO DECEMBEROF 2020.ONE MORE UPDATEFROM THE NEWSCONFERENCE....DOUGLAS COUNTYHEALTH DIRECTOR ADIPOUR SAYS SHE ISVERY CONCERNEDABOUT CHURCHESAND RELGIOUSSERVICES OPENINGTHIS COMING WEEK.SHE MADE A POINTMULTIPLE TIMES THATOLDER PEOPLE ANDPEOPLE THAT REVULNERABLE SHOULDNOT GO UNDER ANYCIRCUMSTANCE.IN OMAHA JON KIPPER3NN