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Read Article AUGUSTA — Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached a late-night deal Thursday that provides income tax breaks to more than 28,000 businesses and 160,000 workers who were unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, top, and Clerk of the House Robert B. Hunt work on the rostrum during Thursday’s legislative session at the Augusta Civic Center. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Disagreement over a proposed supplemental state budget bill on Thu...

Everyday life in the Wabash Valley changed a year ago today. A cascade of disruption began when the local colleges shifted to online classes only on March 12, 2020. The

This year we celebrated Passover early, on a Sunday a few days before St. Patrick’s Day. My adult children will disperse before the official holiday, but with the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, we have much to celebrate.

A year of lost business and revenue Capewide. Close to 200 businesses still not fully open. Dozens surviving because of federal financial help. Those and other results from a third survey of Cape Cod businesses and organizations showed the continuing economic, financial, operational and workforce impacts to the regions businesses from COVID-19. The results from the survey conducted in January were released Monday by the Cape Cod Commission and the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce.  That third ...

By some metrics, the county is faring better than Maryland and the country as a whole. In December 2020, the county unemployment rate was at 4.9%, well below the state’s 6.3%, but still nearly double the rate recorded in December 2019, 2.5%.

Will the new governor raise taxes and keep the car tax phase-out? What about Rhode Islands post-pandemic deficit? We address the key takeaways.

Just over two months into the new year, 2021 has already seen a flurry of public banking activity. Sixteen new bills to form publicly-owned banks or facilitate their formation were introduced in eight U.S. states just in January and February. Ellen Brown Two bills for a state-owned bank were introduced in New Mexico, two in Massachusetts, two in New York, one each in Oregon and Hawaii, and Washington State’s Public Bank Bill was re-introduced as a “Substitution.” Bills for city-owned ban...

Rich Hein/Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried Wednesday to level the playing field for minority-and women-owned companies to give them the capital they need to survive and a bigger piece of the contracting pie. Over the years, Chicago mayors have produced a seemingly never-ending parade of minority contracting reforms only to have the share of city contracts awarded to firms owned by Blacks, Hispanics and women remain stubbornly static. At times, Black contracting fell to a single-digit perce...

DAVE independent editor Van Wert City Council learned about a new program that could bring more foot traffic to the downtown area, while also hearing about some economic development positives during its meeting Monday evening. This map shows the proposed DORA (Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area) district. MSVW map First off, Main Street Van Wert Executive Director Mitch Price made a presentation on the DORA (Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area) program planned for the downtown area. The state p...

U.S. dollars are seen with face masks during the coronavirus pandemic in this illustration photo. A survey commissioned last fall by the Catholic Extension, which works to support Catholic communities in the poorest regions of the country, found that 13 of those dioceses saw an overall parish collection drop between 50-90%. (CNS/Dado Ruvic, Reuters) (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) A few weeks into the pandemic last March, Fr. Fabian Marquez, pastor of El Buen ...