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Connecticut Offers $5 Million in Grants to Help Small Businesses With Flood Recovery

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the state is launching a $5 million micro-grant program to assist small businesses in the western portion of the state rebuild and recover from the record rainfall and flooding the state received last week. …

Here’s What’s In the $900 Billion COVID-19 Bill

U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavirus pandemic, with votes on Monday. Here’s what is in …

Louisiana Virus Aid Funds Run Low with Small Business, Local Requests Unmet

Louisiana will run out of federal coronavirus money before it pays out grants to all eligible small businesses and local government agencies seeking dollars from COVID-19 aid programs created by Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers. Officials running the programs …