Small Business Advocates Plead for Help Recovering from the Pandemic

2021-07-14 14:31:03

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress threw their support Tuesday behind President Joe Biden’s goal of helping small and rural businesses but with different perspectives on how to achieve it. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, suggested that Congress provide a dedicated source... Read More

In The News

Plan Afoot to Extend PPP Deadline to May 31

2021-03-15 19:47:31

by Plan Afoot to Extend PPP Deadline to May 31

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan bill to extend the Paycheck Protection Program to May 31 is gaining support in the House and the Senate and will likely be voted on before lawmakers head back to their districts at the end of... Read More

Economy

Biden Boosts Pandemic Lending to Smallest of Small Businesses

2021-02-22 18:22:30

by TWN Staff

President Joe Biden is extending federal pandemic assistance to the smallest of the nation's small businesses and taking steps to ensure funds reach minority and woman-owned businesses. The steps announced Monday morning are intended to bring more equity to the... Read More

Congress

Small Businesses Ask for More Aid to Ward Off COVID’s Economic Disaster

2020-07-17 14:28:16

by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON - Small business representatives made a plea to Congress Thursday for assistance in getting Americans back to work after millions of workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. They said that without financial assistance and retraining of the... Read More