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FILE - In this June 5, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a photo after signing the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks to accept their applications. Or, they were disadvantaged by the program's terms. Data from the Paycheck Protection Program analyzed by The Associated Press show many minority owners desperate for a loan didn’t receive one until the PPP's last weeks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Minority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and JUSTIN MYERS - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 22, 2018, file photo shows the Plumpjack Wine &amp; Spirits store in San Francisco, part of the Plumpjack Group collection of wineries, bars, restaurants, hotels and liquors stores. Companies affiliated with Gov. Gavin Newsom received nearly $3 million in loans designed to help small businesses survive the pandemic, more than eight times the amount originally reported, according to newly released information from the federal government. Nine businesses tied to Newsom's PlumpJack Group split the nearly $3 million in loans through the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program, according to new figures released last week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Calif. governor’s companies got $3 million in relief loans

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2020 file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A member of Newsom's office staff tested positive for COVID-19 this week and contact tracing has begun, the office said in a statement Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The staff member had not interacted with Newsom or with staff that routinely interacts with the governor, the statement said. Separately, a state employee who works in a space shared with some staff from the governor's office also tested positive for COVID-19 but the person also had not interacted with the governor or his close staff, the office said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom companies got $3 million in coronavirus relief loans

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

Dec. 28 deadline for loans for Mississippi Feb. flood damage

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, two people walk past a closed sign at a retail store in Chicago. Ever since the U.S. government launched its emergency lending program for small businesses on April 3, there have been complaints that bigger companies had their loans approved and disbursed more quickly. There is now evidence to back up those complaints. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Head of the line: Big companies got coronavirus loans first

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

Company connected to Senate president gets virus relief loan

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Some legislative leaders benefited from pandemic loans

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

This Dec. 13, 2019, photo shows Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaking about his plans for the coming year during an interview at the Governor's Residence in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

DeWine’s company gets loan from federal virus aid program

By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2020 file photo, a price sign is displayed at a retail store as a store employee wears a mask while working in Niles, Ill. Small businesses can still get help from the government’s coronavirus relief plan after Congress extended the Paycheck Protection Program until Aug. 8. The program that had been set to expire last week still has more than $130 billion left after giving out more than 4.8 million loans since its April 3 start. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Q&A: The nuts and bolts of the Paycheck Protection Program

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump finishes signing the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. The 2020 presidential and Senate elections will likely take place as the world’s largest economy is still attempting to climb back from the deadly coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Business owners with criminal records sue after being denied COVID-19 funds

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Treasury chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid

By MARCY GORDON and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Black, POC business owners struggle to get emergency loan

By SAFIYA CHARLES and The Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

SBA gives out more than half of second batch of ‘paycheck protection’ aid in one week

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this April 28, 2020 file photo, a closed sign is posted at a restaurant along the River Walk in San Antonio. Banks are reporting a little more success in getting small business owners’ applications for coronavirus relief loans into government processing systems. Bank industry groups says changes the Small Business Administration made in its procedures apparently are helping lenders trying to submit thousands of applications for $310 billion in loans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Smallest businesses get a few hours at head of loan line

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump smiles during an event about the Paycheck Protection Program used to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, in the East Room of the White House, April 28, 2020, in Washington. At left is Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, watching. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Banks, credit unions complain of SBA’s glitches in ‘paycheck protection’ loan applications

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2020, file photo, a sign is posted on a closed store in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Bottleneck continues as businesses seek gov’t relief loans

By Joyce M. Rosenberg - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2, 2020 file photo, &quot;For Sale By Owner&quot; and &quot;Closed Due to Virus&quot; signs are displayed in the window of a store in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. The second round of loan applications for the government's small business relief program has been slowed by computer issues at the Small Business Administration. Lenders complained Monday, April 27, that they couldn't get their applications into the SBA system known as ETran that processes and approves loans. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Small business loan program restarts, runs into snags

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, people walk past a Potbelly Sandwich shop in New York. The federal government is making it tougher for public companies to tap a small business relief program, and seeking refunds in some cases from companies that already did. Although the intent of the program is to help small businesses hit by the coronavirus outbreak, some publicly traded companies did secure loans, setting off a backlash. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File)

Gov’t puts pressure on public companies to return loans

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2020 file photo, two people walk past a closed sign at a retail store in Chicago. The Trump administration announced that the Small Business Administration would again begin accepting applications for the Paycheck Protection Program starting 10:30 Eastern on Monday, April 27. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

SBA reports data breach in disaster loan application website

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2020 file photo, two people walk past a closed sign at a retail store in Chicago. The Trump administration announced that the Small Business Administration would again begin accepting applications for the Paycheck Protection Program starting 10:30 Eastern on Monday, April 27. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

Small Business Administration reports data breach on loan application website

By Joyce M. Rosenberg - Associated Press