How to keep the small-business recovery going
With Congress and the Trump administration locked in negotiations over the next coronavirus aid bill, they should act on one simple but important matter to ensure the success of the…
With Congress and the Trump administration locked in negotiations over the next coronavirus aid bill, they should act on one simple but important matter to ensure the success of the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana will start accepting applications July 28 from small businesses seeking up to $15,000 grants to help with coronavirus expenses, Treasurer John Schroder announced Wednesday. The…
Ready to seek forgiveness for your Paycheck Protection Program loan? The government has made it easier for some businesses to do so by reducing the amount required to be spent…
New Orleans-area lenders are preparing for the second round of funding in the Paycheck Protection Program to be exhausted soon. By Sunday, over half of the $310 billion allocated…
The Small Business Administration’s system that processes loans is still slow. Some banks are seeing more loan applications. And although the amount of funding being sought is significantly smaller, there…
Louisiana economic development officials are trying to boost a state-led loan program for small businesses that has been slower to ramp up. But they’re running into challenges from banks too…
Many New Orleans-area business owners seeking federal forgivable loans will have to wait until Congress adds more money in order to apply or advance their current applications to the funding…
As concerns rise that a $349 billion federal forgivable loan program will soon run out of funding to disburse, some New Orleans-area business owners say they haven’t been able to submit applications…
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today urged taxpayers to be on the lookout for a surge of calls and email phishing attempts about the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. These contacts…