A12 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
58°
LOW
36°
Cloudy and breezy with a
shower or two
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
ALMANAC
SUNDAY
46°
29°
50°
34°
A shower early; otherwise,
partly cloudy
MONDAY
52°
33°
Some sun with a couple of
showers; chilly
TUESDAY
46°
31°
Chance for a couple of
showers
Partial sunshine
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
61°
51° 77° in 1916
23°
28°
-6° in 1906
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.50" in 2009
Month to date (normal)
0.13" (0.42")
Year to date (normal)
1.22" (3.04")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
29.90"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Fri.
Sun
7:12am/7:15pm 7:10am/7:17pm
Moon
9:46am/none 10:15am/12:48am
Mercury 6:29am/5:01pm 6:28am/5:05pm
Venus
7:16am/7:01pm 7:14am/7:04pm
Mars
10:05am/1:28am 10:03am/1:27am
Jupiter
5:49am/3:54pm 5:46am/3:51pm
Saturn
5:21am/3:00pm 5:17am/2:57pm
Uranus 8:44am/10:42pm 8:40am/10:38pm
First
Full
Last
New
Mar 21
Mar 28
Apr 4
Apr 11
Tonight's sky: Arcturus of Bootes is a red
giant, 22 million miles in diameter.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
2
1
1
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Clouds and sun today.
Rain and snow showers tonight.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Breezy today with
rain and snow. Snow showers tonight.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Cloudy today with light
showers. Rain and snow tonight.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Mostly cloudy and
windy today with a shower or two late.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Cloudy today
with a passing shower or two. Snowfall of 2-4
inches tonight.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Mild today with
afternoon rain. Rain, then snow tonight.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Partly sunny,
breezy and mild
Thursday. Colder
Thursday night and
Friday; a few rain and
snow showers.
CENTRAL: Partly to
mostly cloudy and
mild Thursday; a
shower or two late.
Colder Friday; rain and
snow showers.
WEST: Periods of rain
Thursday, then breezy
Thursday night and
Friday; showers likely.
A little cooler Friday.
NATIONAL
Hood
River
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
54/31/0.00 51/44/r
50/41/r
La Grande
54/25/0.00 62/35/pc 50/30/sh
Portland
62/36/0.00 54/44/sh 54/43/r
Baker City
61/23/0.00 62/37/pc 53/31/pc
La Pine
54/19/0.00 52/27/sh 43/28/c
Prineville
59/19/0.00 62/36/c 43/32/pc
Brookings
52/34/0.00 50/43/r
48/42/r
Medford
64/31/Tr
58/38/r
54/38/sh
Redmond
61/19/0.00 60/33/sh 52/31/pc
Burns
55/23/0.00 58/35/c 49/27/pc
Newport
50/32/0.00 50/42/r
49/41/r
Roseburg
65/32/0.00 55/41/r
52/40/r
North Bend
53/35/0.00 52/45/r
52/42/r
Eugene
62/31/0.00 51/41/r
53/41/r
Salem
61/31/0.00 51/42/sh 53/41/r
Klamath Falls
51/18/0.00 48/30/c 47/26/c
Ontario
65/27/0.00 69/44/pc 62/35/r
Sisters
58/18/0.00 58/33/sh 50/32/pc
Lakeview
52/21/0.00 49/34/c 47/24/c
Pendleton
59/29/0.00 68/41/pc 57/38/c
The Dalles
64/30/0.00 59/37/sh 55/37/r
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
FFA
Continued from A11
While online meetings can
be tedious, both Adams and
Wallace said they were able to
connect with more students
than ever before.
“It was tough, to say the
least,” Adams said. “Every day
for three months, we got up
and it was the same thing. It
was 100% the students who
made me feel like it was worth
it.”
Wallace said the team was
able to hone a new skill set that
will only become more valu-
able in the future.
“I feel like we’ve just added a
whole bunch more tools to our
tool belt this year,” she said.
Jobless
Continued from A11
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus
relief bill President Joe Biden
signed last week extended tem-
porary programs Congress es-
tablished in March 2020 at the
pandemic’s outset. Gerstenfeld
said those extensions require
time to implement on the de-
partment’s obsolete computer
system, so people who didn’t
have benefits remaining before
the program will have to wait
an indefinite period for the
computers to be updated be-
fore getting their money.
Oregon is in the process of
replacing its computers, which
date to the 1990s. That project
has been stalled several times
of the past 12 years, but Ger-
stenfeld said the department
is within a “couple of weeks”
of finalizing contract language
with a vendor chosen last year
to do the work.
The state hopes the project,
which could cost $123 million,
will be complete in 2025.
In the meantime, thousands
of Oregonians are still working
to resolve outstanding claims.
The department’s phone lines
remain jammed with calls
from people seeking informa-
tion about the complex system
of jobless benefits. Instead of
calling, the department recom-
mends trying its online “ Con-
tact Us ” form with questions
about pending claims.
Carlos Osorio/AP
Edgar Bolivar describes the purpose of wearable robots at the Ford
Motor Co. Robotics Building Friday.
Robotics
Continued from A11
Ford and other automak-
ers are investing billions of
dollars in autonomous ve-
hicles, and robotics is ex-
pected to play a major role in
their development. Ford an-
nounced in February that it
was boosting its autonomous
Rent
Continued from A11
Business owners and Port-
land city leaders urged Oregon
lawmakers Tuesday to sup-
port a proposal that would give
commercial tenants until the
end of September to repay rent
bills they accumulated during
the worst days of the coronavi-
rus recession last year.
Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland,
is floating the proposal as an
amendment to a bill that would
prohibit evictions of commer-
cial tenants whose outstanding
rent does not exceed their secu-
rity deposits.
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
57/51/0.03
Akron
67/32/0.00
Albany
45/28/0.00
Albuquerque
60/32/0.04
Anchorage
18/4/0.00
Atlanta
59/49/0.07
Atlantic City
46/40/0.01
Austin
79/66/Tr
Baltimore
50/40/Tr
Billings
54/23/0.00
Birmingham
70/58/1.44
Bismarck
43/34/Tr
Boise
62/32/0.00
Boston
53/31/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 45/33/0.00
Buffalo
52/30/0.00
Burlington, VT
53/23/0.00
Caribou, ME
49/11/0.00
Charleston, SC 70/51/Tr
Charlotte
59/44/0.08
Chattanooga
61/53/2.43
Cheyenne
36/21/Tr
Chicago
39/34/0.28
Cincinnati
62/41/0.06
Cleveland
61/29/0.00
Colorado Springs 44/29/Tr
Columbia, MO
49/45/1.62
Columbia, SC
63/47/1.59
Columbus, GA
70/54/0.14
Columbus, OH
64/37/0.04
Concord, NH
55/20/0.00
Corpus Christi
91/68/0.08
Dallas
70/58/1.04
Dayton
63/35/0.02
Denver
35/28/0.01
Des Moines
37/33/0.16
Detroit
57/31/0.00
Duluth
39/30/Tr
El Paso
68/41/0.00
Fairbanks
15/4/Tr
Fargo
43/29/Tr
Flagstaff
50/19/0.00
Grand Rapids
56/26/0.00
Green Bay
38/24/0.06
Greensboro
58/41/Tr
Harrisburg
48/38/0.00
Hartford, CT
48/28/0.01
Helena
59/27/0.00
Honolulu
78/68/0.15
Houston
80/72/0.03
Huntsville
65/56/1.94
Indianapolis
62/41/0.02
Jackson, MS
84/66/1.38
Jacksonville
83/62/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
62/35/s
50/27/r
44/22/r
63/38/pc
22/1/s
70/46/t
53/40/r
72/43/s
57/41/r
60/39/s
61/44/r
51/30/c
69/45/c
52/29/r
46/32/r
42/24/r
45/16/pc
43/9/c
78/51/t
71/51/t
65/47/r
40/26/s
42/31/r
62/31/r
44/29/r
48/28/s
41/29/r
74/49/t
72/46/t
54/29/r
49/26/r
77/49/s
62/42/s
53/28/r
46/26/s
52/26/c
45/27/r
40/23/s
72/45/pc
9/-12/pc
50/29/pc
54/25/s
45/25/c
42/23/pc
69/48/r
51/36/r
48/28/r
63/36/s
76/68/sh
69/47/s
58/44/r
49/28/r
59/43/pc
84/51/t
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
47/34/sh
61/51/pc
73/54/pc
76/53/s
97/81/t
53/36/pc
65/57/pc
43/28/c
64/48/r
46/27/c
67/61/s
78/58/s
73/56/s
57/36/s
86/73/pc
55/43/pc
59/41/c
45/31/c
78/59/s
81/71/pc
49/42/pc
58/44/pc
76/58/t
79/71/pc
67/47/s
50/44/c
58/33/pc
94/79/pc
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
63/39/s
43/23/pc
37/18/pc
68/43/s
18/3/s
59/40/c
41/35/r
70/41/s
48/28/r
68/40/pc
56/42/c
57/37/pc
59/37/r
38/24/sn
42/27/c
37/23/pc
31/19/s
26/12/s
66/39/pc
58/35/r
56/39/c
47/31/s
45/30/s
49/27/pc
38/24/pc
56/34/s
51/29/pc
63/38/pc
61/43/c
46/25/pc
39/18/pc
73/49/s
65/42/s
45/25/pc
55/34/s
53/30/s
46/25/s
51/33/s
75/48/s
9/-11/pc
51/37/s
57/33/s
47/23/s
47/25/s
50/32/r
47/26/pc
39/21/c
59/35/c
77/69/pc
68/45/s
51/39/c
48/27/s
54/39/c
70/49/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
40/34/0.14
45/42/1.39
59/25/0.00
66/43/0.00
62/41/0.09
39/35/0.02
74/62/1.23
67/46/0.00
65/42/0.15
34/32/0.20
68/62/1.35
83/72/0.00
38/34/0.02
43/32/0.02
66/57/0.63
81/72/0.46
47/34/Tr
46/35/Tr
50/45/0.01
57/38/0.02
41/35/0.01
88/64/0.00
73/47/0.00
41/36/0.45
49/38/Tr
72/45/0.00
65/33/0.00
47/19/0.00
47/29/0.01
62/43/Tr
42/29/Tr
55/28/0.00
53/41/Tr
53/27/0.00
59/36/0.00
56/47/0.84
57/38/Tr
81/60/0.02
62/46/0.00
56/44/0.01
60/38/Tr
54/28/0.11
71/58/0.12
58/36/0.00
35/31/0.01
58/30/0.00
63/51/1.21
82/67/0.00
73/35/0.00
66/46/0.47
50/41/Tr
44/44/1.77
59/26/0.00
76/46/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
39/28/c
47/27/sn
43/24/c
71/53/pc
65/32/r
52/24/c
53/41/c
68/52/pc
65/35/r
44/23/c
51/41/c
86/72/pc
42/31/c
49/28/pc
61/41/r
67/49/s
48/32/r
49/32/r
71/48/r
53/34/pc
52/27/c
88/62/pc
81/58/pc
41/27/r
52/37/r
81/55/pc
51/29/r
49/24/r
51/30/r
71/50/t
42/27/s
60/43/c
67/43/r
40/22/r
56/46/r
48/32/r
65/47/s
74/45/s
65/53/pc
59/50/r
60/51/r
61/31/pc
82/51/t
54/43/sh
43/24/c
60/40/pc
41/29/sh
81/64/pc
82/50/pc
52/35/pc
59/43/r
52/30/pc
62/34/sh
81/52/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
35/22/c
52/30/s
47/21/s
78/57/pc
49/28/pc
55/31/s
56/34/pc
72/56/pc
53/31/c
49/23/s
51/37/c
84/60/t
43/28/s
51/34/s
54/34/c
61/49/pc
41/28/c
42/28/c
52/38/r
59/33/s
54/31/s
76/53/s
85/59/s
50/27/s
44/29/r
85/57/s
45/23/pc
37/22/pc
38/24/sn
52/32/r
57/36/s
56/32/c
46/31/r
34/21/pc
62/39/pc
52/31/s
70/45/pc
72/46/s
68/58/s
61/48/pc
61/43/pc
66/34/s
69/42/pc
53/42/r
51/33/s
52/35/sh
53/27/pc
71/56/s
84/53/s
59/34/s
48/31/r
57/32/s
57/32/pc
85/58/s
97/71/0.00
81/55/0.00
45/23/0.00
35/31/0.12
80/63/0.00
81/68/0.01
91/64/0.00
61/48/0.00
39/19/0.00
46/21/0.00
50/43/0.12
86/73/0.00
53/34/0.23
77/55/0.00
86/68/0.12
41/36/0.34
61/30/0.00
53/49/0.04
88/79/0.01
36/28/0.01
74/60/0.24
66/64/0.01
69/51/0.05
65/54/0.00
48/34/0.00
48/34/0.00
46/36/0.00
40/30/0.01
99/68/s
72/47/sh
43/16/c
37/29/c
82/59/pc
82/70/s
91/67/pc
66/41/s
42/27/pc
40/14/pc
46/39/sh
88/76/pc
56/37/c
72/50/s
81/68/t
37/31/c
64/42/s
60/53/r
90/77/t
37/23/sf
70/68/r
86/69/pc
68/54/pc
62/51/s
45/23/c
52/44/r
43/27/c
40/24/sf
97/69/s
74/47/c
32/22/s
35/22/pc
82/60/pc
83/69/s
92/67/pc
68/42/c
34/24/pc
33/20/s
47/33/pc
85/75/s
54/41/r
69/47/pc
80/67/t
38/26/pc
67/45/pc
57/53/r
89/77/c
32/22/pc
72/69/sh
84/67/pc
68/57/s
62/51/pc
41/26/s
51/42/sh
43/28/c
38/24/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 95°
at McAllen, TX
National low: 4°
at Buena Vista, CO
Precipitation: 2.83"
at Jonesboro, AR
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
0-81
Hoodoo Ski Area
2
0-94
Mt. Ashland
0
62-68
Mt. Bachelor
0
104-122
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
0-202
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
62-89
Timberline Lodge
0
0-170
Willamette Pass
0
0-55
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
3
52-74
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
1
74-112
Squaw Valley, CA
0
0-121
Park City Mountain, UT
0
57-70
Sun Valley, ID
0
64-83
Times of clouds and sun
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
72/41
Rufus
Hermiston
55/38
72/40
62/39
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
64/36
52/42 54/44
59/34
Wasco
60/34 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
58/34
60/36
68/41
Sandy
59/37
McMinnville
52/45
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
55/41
Maupin
Government
53/43
62/35
55/34
Camp
61/36 Condon 67/39
Union
Lincoln City
60/35
48/31
61/37
Salem
51/43
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
51/42
Madras
64/35
Albany
54/33
Newport
Baker City
62/36
63/37
Mitchell
50/42
50/43
62/37
Camp Sherman
59/34
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
56/35
60/33
50/41
Day
Prineville
50/43
59/35
Ontario
Sisters
62/36
Paulina
61/36
69/44
Florence
Eugene 58/33
Bend Brothers 56/30
Vale
51/46
51/41
58/36
53/29
Sunriver
71/42
Nyssa
52/34
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
73/43
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
52/27
53/29
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
64/38
54/37
53/41
Fort
Rock
52/44
58/35
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
52/27
55/36
High: 65°
49/26
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
52/45
55/41
53/29
60/38
Low: 8°
Marsh
Lake
58/36
Port Orford
45/26
52/27
at Crater Lake
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
51/46
Pass
64/37
Chiloquin
54/34
52/40
Rome
Medford
47/30
Gold Beach
58/38
67/38
50/45
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
60/36
59/38
48/30
59/37
50/43
49/34
Seaside
51/45
Cannon Beach
50/45
57°
29°
Clouds and sunshine
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
51/44
WEDNESDAY
52°
28°
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SATURDAY
vehicle investment to $7 bil-
lion, from sensing systems to
specific research into applica-
tions such as Digit, a spokes-
man said.
In November, Ford re-
vealed plans to transform
a long-vacant Detroit book
warehouse into a hub for
automobile innovation.
Another neighborhood in
“This will be a big help for
us and many business owners
who are trying to get back on
their feet,” Hatanaka told law-
makers during Tuesday’s public
hearing.
The looming deadline for
business owners to repay out-
standing rent comes just as the
state is getting its $100 million
commercial rent relief program
off the ground. Advocates say
the state shouldn’t put busi-
ness owners in a position to be
evicted just as they are about
to get money to repay their late
rent.
Business Oregon, which is
administering the commercial
the city is the site of Ford’s
planned $740 million project
to create a place where new
transportation and mobility
ideas are nurtured and de-
veloped.
People one day may see a
robot similar to Digit emerge
from a driverless vehicle,
stroll across their lawn and
leave a package at the door,
according to Washington.
“This is an exciting prop-
osition, especially in this
post-COVID era where the
promise of doing shopping
online has become just sort
of the norm,” he said. “As
you think about a future
where package delivery is
going to be part of daily life,
this is a real opportunity for
us to pair a robot with an
autonomous vehicle to help
solve the problem of package
delivery at scale.”
“It’s not here today, but you
can be pretty certain that it’s
coming in the not-too-dis-
tant future,” Washington said.
Researchers working to-
gether in the building are
designing robots for people,
said Alec Gallimore, dean of
Engineering at the University
of Michigan.
“Robots aren’t people and
people aren’t robots, but we
think — together — there
can be synergy,” Gallimore
said. “So, we’re designing ro-
bots that are going to help
you. First responders for ex-
ample. Can we put robots in
harm’s way so we don’t have
to have people there?”
rent relief program, received
1,889 applications requesting
nearly $49 million in funding
from landlords on behalf of
commercial tenants in the first
week since applications opened.
Applications for the first round
of funding close March 22.
The agency plans to distrib-
ute $50 million during the first
round of funding, with land-
lords receiving grants of up to
$100,000 per business tenant
for a maximum of $3 million
going to each landlord. The ap-
plication process for a second
round of funding will open in
late April.
But even landlords approved
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Gates
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
“Ultimately, it’s billions of
dollars from the government
that will pull that through
and purchase it for
Americans and peo-
ple in low-income
countries,” she said.
“It’s always up to gov-
ernment, but I think
philanthropy or pri-
vate sector and civil
Gates
society can always
help lead the way.”
Though her foundation
has donated billions toward
reforms for education and
the environment, Gates said
government has the power
to make permanent change.
She said she found discussing
those issues with the Trump
administration “incredibly
frustrating,” but appreciates
the shift in policy from the
Biden administration.
“I am very happy to see a
new administration who’s not
only taking the threat (of cli-
mate change) seriously, but
also taking very bold and con-
crete actions,” she said. “That’s
what we should expect as
Americans.”
Gates also said she hopes
that the Biden administration
will establish an innovation
fund dedicated to child care.
“We have a caregiving crisis
and yet there are great ideas
out there,” she said. “Those
kinds of ideas need to be
funded and come forward so
that we can come up with new
innovations in society when
it comes to women and how
much they’ve backslid in the
pandemic.”
Gates also noted the pan-
demic has shown how import-
ant it is to fight misin-
formation.
“It’s incredibly dis-
heartening because
honestly it causes
death,” she said. “Peo-
ple not doing the
right thing, not get-
ting their mom or
their elderly father
vaccinated, we will lose more
people. We are losing more
people.”
The Bloomberg Equality
Summit, an annual gathering
dedicated to discussing ways
to create a more just business
climate, also included dis-
cussions with Queen Rania
Al Abdullah of Jordan and
Al Kelly, Visa chairman and
CEO.
Facebook Chief Operat-
ing Officer Sheryl Sandberg
announced at the summit
Wednesday that the company
established a new domestic
violence policy. Facebook will
now offer family members of
domestic violence victims up
to 20 days of paid leave.
“A third of women will ex-
perience violence or sexual
assault in their lives,” Sandberg
said. “It’s a horrific number
and that’s before coronavirus
where we know that domestic
violence is spiking. … I think
people really don’t understand
how universal this is.”
for the first round of funding
won’t start receiving grants until
April — after tenants are sup-
posed to have repaid their out-
standing payments under the
state’s current guidelines.
It’s unclear how many busi-
ness owners across the state are
behind on rent and could face
eviction if the repayment pe-
riod isn’t extended.
Rep. John Lively, D-Spring-
field, chairs the House Com-
mittee On Economic Recovery
and Prosperity. During Tues-
day’s hearing, he said lawmak-
ers will look at the number of
applications submitted to the
commercial rent relief program
to determine whether more
support is needed.
But some business owners
say their landlords aren’t apply-
ing for the grants.
While both landlords and
tenants must participate in the
application process, landlords
are required to submit the ini-
tial application and the grants
will be paid directly to them.
The grants must bring tenants
current on their rent and the
state is requiring landlords who
accept the funding to sign an
agreement forgiving any out-
standing penalties or interest
and ensuring that their tenants
won’t be evicted.
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