Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
Tonda Rush
Oct 1, 2021
The Small Business Administration has opened a new portal for businesses that have not yet received forgiveness for their Paycheck Protection Program loans. Borrowers may begin the application whenever the funds they applied for are used and have until the maturity date of the loan to complete the application. The application can be submitted directly to SBA here.
Three years of planning and effort by the National Newspaper Association and its partners resulted this weekend in an emphatic recognition by Congress of the vital role community newspapers play in sharing health information to small and rural markets.
Depending on how things go in Washington this year, we could make some headway on critical issues like postal reform and tax breaks for newspapers and their advertisers.
The House Appropriations Committee is poised to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct more of the agency’s advertising dollar toward local media, including nondaily newspapers, TV and radio when public–health campaigns are set up.
