Stories tagged: "small businesses"
How dedicated locals helped keep a diner in Portland and a tavern in Atlanta open through the pandemic.
As Mitch McConnell refuses to provide much-needed aid to cities and states, some local governments are trying to provide their own aid.
“I’m trying to carry on here every day. I’m coming in at 6:30 every morning and I’m here until 5:30 in the evening. I’m the owner and director, I’m here all the time, and I have a family at home to worry about as well."
Thousands of small businesses have closed throughout the state. Now the governor wants to reopen amid a second wave of cases in the country.
To get a better sense of what’s been lost to the coronavirus pandemic, COURIER interviewed three women who had to shutter their businesses in recent months.
Biden’s plan would include federally-funded testing and PPE for all workers called back to their jobs, guaranteed paid sick leave for workers affected by COVID-19, and the creation of a contact tracing jobs program of at least 100,000 workers.
Nearly 400 publicly traded companies received almost $1.3 billion in loans intended to help small businesses survive, according to an independent analysis of financial record filings.