Legislators vote blurs line between self interest and state policy
Published May 11, 2021
The question is not whether at least 30 members – 25% of the of the state House of Representatives – who have ties to entities that received federal Payroll Protection Program loans have a conflict of interest when voting to give those entities a state tax break.
They do. Whether those legislators should have publicly announced the conflict before voting? Whether the existence of the conflict impaired the independent judgement of those legislators to the point where they should have requested an excuse from voting on the issue?
The forgivable PPP loans are part of the federal program to provide COVID-19 pandemic-related economic relief to businesses with fewer than 500 employees – so would not be considered income for federal tax purposes.
Utah Latinx businesses grow during COVID-19 pandemic
Latinx-owned small businesses are thriving in Utah despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
and last updated 2021-05-10 22:38:37-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Latinx-owned small businesses are thriving in Utah despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The
Suazo Business Center, which provides training and education for small business owners, said resilience has been a key factor in the success of Latinx business during the pandemic. One of the things we saw, and we work very closely with our clients, is just the resilience, said Silvia Castro, Suazo Business Center s executive director. If you look at the industries that were the most affected by corona, a lot of those industries are overwhelmingly minority.
by Angela Euell-McNair
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March 13, 2020, the day that the world truly changed for Pennsylvania. This is the day Governor Wolf shut most businesses down completely, including childcare services, event venues, and many more. Folks were already in disarray with the unknown factors surrounding the details of the pandemic, now it has reached many people both physically and financially. Lives are being lost, businesses are closed and so much is unknown as to what happens next.
In my world, the very weekend we shut down my niece Mariah was born. Can you imagine bringing a life into the world that has just been shut down? Can you imagine your only source of income being temporarily blocked when you have to care for a family and newborn? With her mother being in the childcare industry as well as myself, this is an issue we as well as many others faced. Anxiety went into a state of overload during this time. With venues mandated to close, this also
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Shawn Voss is a creature of habit.
Routine is not the only thing Voss loves he also enjoys Disney movies, 1980s music and even the most dreaded household chore: doing laundry.
But the 27-year-old has autism and can become agitated when even little details like the location of medicine in a cabinet is out of place. Shawn is very observant. And if you don t do stuff, in the right routine, he s smart enough to know that, said Diane Voss, his mother. He s going to call you on it.
Ever since he moved out of the family s Stockton residence, the elder Voss said they have missed his bubbly personality.