BUSINESS RESOURCES FOR COVID-19

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. 

U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced today that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. SBA’s EIDL portal will reopen today as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act. The legislation, signed into law by the President one week ago, provided additional funding for farmers and ranchers and certain other agricultural businesses affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.

 

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Indiana Micropolitan
Statistical Area (mSA) was 6.9 percent in March, up 1.4 percentage points from February. 

Senators Joe Pittman, Gene Yaw, and Dave Argall are leading an effort to convince Governor Tom Wolf to rescind his executive order instructing the state Department of Environmental Protection to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which is also known as “RGGI”.

Indiana, PA WCCS AM1160 & 101.1FM
April 24, 2020 04:09 am

WASHINGTON – Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement today on the resumption of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP):

Homer-Center High School science teacher Brad Adams chuckled Friday at a suggestion that his story of a volunteer personal-protective equipment fabricating project by his students would quickly be outdated.

 

(reprinted from Indiana Gazette April 4, 2020)

Many businesses have turned to internet-based video chat services like Zoom in an effort to work from home or attend classes online during the Covid-19 pandemic, but that has brought about a new hacking-related crime where people have disrupted meetings by hacking into the video chat.

Indiana, PA WCCS AM1160 & 101.1FM
April 07, 2020 10:32 am

On March 27th, President Trump signed into law the $2 trillion dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), providing much anticipated economic relief to many businesses, States and municipalities, and individuals affected by COVID-19. While the scope of the CARES Act is wide-ranging, for your information I have attached a high-level overview prepared by the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. Additional details will be provided as the Small Business Administration (SBA) drafts implementing regulations over the coming days.

SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza issued the following statement today in response to the President’s address to the nation: