Stories tagged: "Paycheck Protection Program"

Business Chef David Heide gives a lay of the land at the future home of Little John's Kitchen, a pay-what-you-can restaurant for people at all income levels where he’ll also train and help veterans and provide basic food preparation for nonprofits and meat processing for struggling farmers. (Photo by Christina Lieffring)
Business The Pandemic Hasn’t Stopped These Hard-Hit Restaurants From Giving Back

“It just really helps us to feel like we’re still a part of the community, even when we’re closed down.”

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 24, 2021 2:12 pm CDT
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Money Billionaires, Trump Officials Receive PPP Loans While Many Small Businesses Are Left Out

PPP beneficiaries included billionaires, Trump administration officials, members of Congress, political donors, and wealthy financial institutions.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 7, 2020 3:12 pm CDT
Business Federal Paycheck Protection Program Proving Problematic
Business Federal Paycheck Protection Program Proving Problematic

State Treasurer proposes redefining small businesses as those with 20 or fewer employees.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson May 27, 2020 6:09 pm CDT
Economy Megan Glassbrenner unpacks boxes from a recent estate sale. She plans to sell the items at The Attic Home Consignments & Estate Sales store in Eau Claire that she owns with her husband, John. John said he was relieved to receive paycheck protection funding totaling $8,500 on Friday to help keep their Eau Claire business financially viable. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Economy Small Businesses And Farmers Are Getting Crippled By The High Demand For Aid

Many have yet to receive $1,200 federal stimulus check, others competing for dwindling pot of Small Business loan, Paycheck Protection Program funding

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson May 6, 2020 8:55 am CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money