The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every facet of our lives. With many people still out of work, some are struggling to figure out how they are going to make rent while putting food on their tables. This became even more of a reality knowing that the Governor’s temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures ended
Back in April, I wrote about Student Loan Forbearance During Coronavirus under the CARES Act. Under the CARES Act, federal student loan payments were put on automatic forbearance by the U.S. Department of Education until September 30, 2020.
On August 8, 2020, with a little less than two months left on the original forbearance period,
The COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Small Business Assistance Program is not brand new. Initially, it was anticipated to have four rounds of grants lasting until October 2020. The CARES Act passed in late March is providing the funding. $96 million has already been distributed with about $104 million remaining for small businesses.
However, like everything else
Since March, various entities and political subdivisions have created loan and grant programs to assist businesses and individuals facing COVID-19 related losses and damages. We have discussed in prior blogs a series of larger programs, such as the Paycheck Protection Program. However, this post focuses on funding opportunities for farmers and ranchers.
This blog post will cover a couple of updates to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) since it launched in April. In the past month, more details have emerged about applying for loan forgiveness as well as the audit risk, disclosure of some PPP recipients, and application deadline.
On July
The ability to quickly share information with a large number of people is one of the powerful things about the Internet. But with great power comes great responsibility.
Or at least it should.
Particularly for the major tech platforms, content moderation – making sure the information being shared is accurate – is vital. But
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania received $3.9 billion in aid from the federal CARES Act for the coronavirus pandemic. In May, the Pennsylvania General Assembly directed $175 million of that aid to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) to provide help to renters and homeowners struggling to make ends meet. Of that $175 million, $150 million
Phase 2 of the Lancaster Small Business Recovery & Sustainability Fund opens on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. and will remain open until Friday, July 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Recovery Lancaster is a grant program that is not awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Phase 2 funding cycle consists of $14,962,092
Business owners have by now heard about or read the order issued by Governor Wolf on July 15th which re-imposed or created new restaurant restrictions on the sale of food and alcohol in Pennsylvania. If you have not yet had a chance to read it, I have copied the press release from the Governor below.
Any time I can use Schoolhouse Rock to explain a complicated legal issue, I have to jump on it. Today is one of those days. On June 9, the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives adopted Concurrent Resolution 836. The Concurrent Resolution said that the state of disaster emergency due to COVID-19 was over