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CARES Act must not discourage Americans from returning to the labor force

By Richard Berman

In this April 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement as early as Sunday, April 19, on a $400-plus billion aid package to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump says he’s close to a deal with Congress on virus aid

By HOPE YEN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, left, and the Right Rev. Gregory H. Rickel, bow to an empty sanctuary as they begin a live streamed Easter service at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Seattle. Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Religious leaders skeptical of Paycheck Protection Program, which provides coronavirus relief funds

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Paycheck Protection Program runs dry; GOP blames Democrats

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 25, 2020 file photo, the dining section is closed off at East Side Pockets, a small restaurant near Brown University, in Providence, R.I. Desperate small business owners who hoped for a quick government lifeline to help them survive the coronavirus crisis are still without funds, instead battling red tape, wary banks and swamped computer systems. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

‘Absolute chaos’ as businesses try to tap into rescue funds

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2020 file photo, chairs hang stacked on empty tables at a closed restaurant in New York. Small business owners across the country waited again Wednesday, April 8, to receive loan money under the government’s $2 trillion coronavirus relief program. Despite a few reports that some companies had received their loans, the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of owners who began applying for the loans on Friday were still in limbo. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Hurry up and wait? Why relief to small businesses has lagged

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 3, 2020, photo, a woman walks by local stores during the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Small business owners hoping for quick help from the government’s emergency $349 billion lending program were still waiting Tuesday, April 7, 2020, amid reports of computer problems at the Small Business Administration.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Computer issues at SBA said to hold up small business loans

By KEN SWEET and JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this March 17, 2020 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell flexed his fundraising strength in the midst of a global pandemic, raising nearly $7.5 million in the first three months of 2020, his campaign said Tuesday, April 7. The first-quarter haul was the Kentucky Republican's best three-month fundraising performance since entering the Senate in the mid-1980s. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congressional Republicans support boosting funds for small business loan program

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

A sign explains the closure of a shop in the Pike Place Market Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Seattle. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in Washington set a new record last week, with tens of thousands more people in the state filing new claims as non-essential businesses remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Small Business Administration admits Paycheck Protection Program loan application flaws

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, Carlos Vasquez, left, and his nephew, R.J. Vasquez, wait for customers at their family's barber shop in Houston. They estimate they have lost nearly half of their business due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stimulus aid for ‘small business’ will go to some big chains

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

Hurdles to small business funding illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Why the COVID-19 small business stimulus package could be a colossal failure

By Gene Marks

Urgent question from small businesses: When will aid arrive?

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in an addresses to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Donald Trump in coronavirus address halts Europe travel, outlines ‘unprecedented’ actions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Another flood aid hurdle crossed

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Marina owner pleads guilty to lying to get federal loan

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SBA issues disaster declaration for area hit by March floods

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a Hispanic advisory roundtable meeting in New York, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. At right is Jovita Carranza, former Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jovita Carranza to be nominated to lead Small Business Administration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2018, file photo, Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Linda McMahon to exit role as SBA administrator

By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

SBA loans available in counties for drought economic injury

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US small business chief Linda McMahon to visit Syracuse

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