Tag: Paycheck Protection Program
AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B
NEW YORK (AP) – The United States Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4...
A question of equity: Can R.I. level the field for minority...
As small-business owners clambered to get in on the federal payroll relief program launched in the wake of COVID-19, Anna Mangeni held back.
Her business,...
SBA identifies companies approved for largest PPP loans
PROVIDENCE – Roughly 2,400 Rhode Island businesses received at least $150,000 in forgivable payroll loans, with 14 companies approved for upwards of $5 million,...
STARTING BLOCKED: Indoor rec businesses argue they should have opened a...
ROBERT TOTH STARTED to see the world reopen around him and, in some ways, without him.
Many businesses in Rhode Island, such as restaurants, salons,...
Billions of dollars in small-business aid unclaimed
BIllions of dollars offered by Congress as a lifeline to small businesses struggling to survive the pandemic are about to be left on the...
Latest PPP numbers show minor increase in R.I. applicants as program...
PROVIDENCE – The number of Rhode Island small businesses seeking federal relief loans continues to slow as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection...
Should newspapers be rescued by the government?
Newspaper publisher John Howell didn’t think he would ever have to lay himself off.
But when COVID-19 hit the United States, that’s exactly what he...
Senate passes fix for small-business coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to make it easier for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to take advantage...
Pandemic Diary: Shortages force creation of new strategies
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
Veteran business owners put to test by COVID-19
In many ways, it’s been business as usual for Christopher Sanford.
Solving front-line problems at work and in the military is second nature for the...
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