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www.mediaite.com
6 days ago
Left-wing politics

White House Launches Dishonest Attack on Republicans in Defense of Student Loan Forgiveness

Biden administration uses misleading talking point to defend student loan forgiveness schemes. [ more ]
Eater NY
10 months ago
NYC food

Jekyll & Hyde Owner Could Face Up to 30 Years in Prison for Buying Nantucket Home With COVID Money

Jekyll & Hyde, a New York City bar, is closing after its owners were charged with fraud for misusing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
The bar owners allegedly used the PPP funds to pay for personal expenses such as rent, utilities, and car payments. [ more ]
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Roundabouts are (slowly!) eating the suburbs

A quiet roundabout revolution is sweeping America's suburbs.And it may have continued, unmeasured and unremarked, if not for Lee Rodegerdts.It turns out the fine folks at the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics don't track the nation's roundabouts, rotaries or traffic circles.Indeed, no federal agency does.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Man gets more than 3 years in prison for COVID-19 fraud

BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts businessman convicted of fraudulently seeking more than $13 million in federal coronavirus pandemic relief loans has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Orange County man to plead guilty to $5-million COVID-19 relief loan scam

An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to a $5-million COVID-19 relief loan scam, the U.S. attorney's office said in a release.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

How This Mission District Restaurant Fought Back From Financial Doom

At the end of 2021, Marko Sotto believed his foray into business ownership was over.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Texas actor who played Red Power Ranger among 19 charged in COVID loan fraud scheme

PLANO, Texas - Jason Lawrence Geiger, a.k.a. Austin St. John, the Texas actor known for playing the Red Power Ranger in the 1990s, is one of 19 people charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

City preps $1.5M in assistance for creative spaces facing displacement - Austin Monitor

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 by Chad Swiatecki
The city is preparing to open the application for the latest iteration of the Creative Space Assistance Program, which provides up to $50,000 to organizations, artists or for-profit venues facing financial hardships that could lead to their displacement.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Why some want companies to spend more with Black-owned businesses

| By Julian Cannon
Some Black-owned publishers have seen an increase in ad revenue after some agencies started spending more on their channels.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Health

'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID

When the COVID crisis hit in 2020, the federal government needed far more N95 masks and other protective equipment than it had so it began awarding contracts to companies promising to provide them, often at a steep mark-up.
Mission Local
2 years ago
Mission District

Arinell Pizza may be forced to close

The owner of Arinell Pizza on Valencia Street remembers when customers used to pour out of BART at 16th Street, and end up at his place for a slice while bar-hopping in the Mission.
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