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Struggling Ithaca Businesses Hold Breath for Biden Stimulus, Potential Wage Increase

By Brendan Klein and Annabel Li | February 22, 2021

As Ithacans wait for Biden’s $1.9 trillion dollar stimulus proposal to pass the Senate, questions remain as to how the money will be allocated, and whether Biden can successfully use it as leverage for his policy goals, which include raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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Cornell last faced Yale in its 2019 Ivy League opener. In that contest, the Red had the game knotted at 10 apiece going into the final quarter, but the Bulldogs ultimately pulled away to notch the victory.
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