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Mass. business shutdown extended until May 18
April 28, 2020Most public life in Massachusetts will remain shut down until at least May 18, adding at least another two weeks to business closures as the state launches an effort to create a roadmap for a phased reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
April 28, 2020
SBA lender focusing on businesses initially ineligible for PPP funding in program's $320B second round
April 27, 2020In an interview for the WBJ Podcast, bankHometown President and CEO Robert Morton said the Oxford-based bank already had 250 loans totaling about $15 million lined up for when the second round of Paycheck Protection Program.
April 27, 2020
WBJ Podcast: bankHometown & the flurry of federal bailout applications
April 27, 2020As the second round of Paycheck Protection Program funding is starting to be dispersed, bankHometown has 250 loans totaling about $15 million from customers who missed out on the first round.
April 27, 2020
Groups ask for small biz help
April 27, 2020A coalition of 74 organizations is asking the state to develop a small business relief and recovery program that would focus on the operations that are most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis, including those owned by immigrants, women and people
April 27, 2020
Harding and Millbury Streets will be permanently reversed starting May 6
April 27, 2020Harding Street and Millbury streets in Worcester will be permanently reversed between Kelley Square and Arwick Avenue beginning Wednesday, May 6 at 5 a.m., according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
April 27, 2020
Neal working on another major federal aid package
April 27, 2020One day after President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion stimulus package, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal discussed talks that are already underway on the next COVID-19 relief bill and said that proposal should emerge "in the next 10 days."
April 27, 2020
Community health centers considering furloughs as they feel the weight of the pandemic
Updated: April 27, 2020With a pandemic affecting those clients who may be more susceptible to coronavirus and everyone else, community health centers – like their acute-care hospital siblings – have been thrown into disarray.
Updated: April 27, 2020
Greater Worcester's population growth stagnated in 2019, as immigration dropped
Updated: April 27, 2020Foreign-born immigrants have long driven the Worcester area’s population growth – and given diversity to its restaurants, shops, schools and workplaces – but a precipitous drop in international arrivals in 2019 could portend challenges to come.
Updated: April 27, 2020
Baker seeks $1.2B loan to pay jobless benefits
April 23, 2020In the midst of five straight weeks of surging unemployment claims, Gov. Charlie Baker asked the federal government for a $1.2 billion loan to help Massachusetts meet unprecedented needs and ensure that people do not suffer through payless paydays.
April 23, 2020
Mass. biz council offers economic reopening framework
April 23, 2020With some states over the peak and Massachusetts health officials hopeful that the state is prepared to get through the surge of COVID-19 infections, a lot of the discussion on Beacon Hill has turned to when and how to begin reopening the economy.
April 23, 2020
Report: Test-and-trace just one of many triggers for economy
April 23, 2020Efforts to limit COVID-19 in Massachusetts through a "test and trace" approach could require the state to boost its testing capacity from the current range 5,000 to 8,000 tests per day to 10,5000 to 17,000 tests daily, according to a new report.
April 23, 2020
Pignatelli floats $75M nonprofit relief fund
April 23, 2020Legislation before the Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Committee that would create a $75 million emergency relief fund for non-profit cultural organizations would "extend a much-needed lifeline," one of its sponsors said, to an industry where
April 23, 2020
Nearly $180M in emergency SBA loans awarded to 17K Mass. businesses
April 22, 2020The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 509 Economic Injury Disaster Loans for businesses dealing with COVID-19 fallout in Massachusetts, according to an April 20 update.
April 22, 2020
WRTA awarded $5M in federal relief
April 22, 2020The Worcester Regional Transit Authority will receive $5 million in federal funding to support operations during the coronavirus pandemic, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) announced in a Tuesday press release.
April 22, 2020
U.S. Senate approves another $320B for small business bailout program
April 21, 2020The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an extra $320 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, the original $349-billion forgiveable loan program for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which ran out of money after less
April 21, 2020
Heavy regulations to follow eventual Massachusetts economy reopening
April 21, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker hinted Tuesday he plans to convene a group of public health, academic and business leaders to assemble a thoughtful framework for how Massachusetts might be able to resume more normal economic and social life once the worst of the
April 21, 2020
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