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MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WIAT) — When Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill’s term expires, open seat candidates say they will make election security a top priority. State Rep. Wes Allen (R – Troy) spent a decade as a Pike County probate judge. He says local experience in managing elections makes him …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon start running out of money to bolster COVID-19 testing supplies and to ensure uninsured Americans continue to receive free treatment for the virus unless Congress approves. more funding quickly, the White House warned. Nearly a year after passing the $1.9 trillion U.S. …

The U.S. marijuana industry continued to grow in 2021, with nearly half a million people now employed full-time in the cannabis business as more state markets go online and mature, according to a report by Leafly on Wednesday. This growth is expected to continue exponentially as states like New York, …

Flash floods swept through parts of central Alabama in October 2021. They destroyed homes, washed away vehicles and killed four people in several counties. Jefferson and Shelby counties saw the brunt of the precipitation. No less than ten centimeters of rain fell in some places. Precipitation graphs for October 6 …

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In recent years, Michael has come to view the United States, the nation of which he has been a citizen all his life, as an abusive parent. “I can recognize my past association with this person while at the same time wanting to minimize any future association,” he said. Michael …

Stimulation controls have brought much needed relief to a large number of people across the united states of america during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is now up to states to financially support their citizens after the end of the federal government nationwide dunning checks. In our live blog from …

The past year has been the deadliest yet for transgender and non-conformist Americans, according to a recent Human Rights Campaign (HRC) report. What would you like to know The past year has been the deadliest yet for transgender and non-conformist Americans, according to a recent Human Rights Campaign report. At …

Daily Decatur. November 14, 2021. Editorial: Local government cooperation bears fruit The problem It took a decade, but the announcement that Cerrowire will be the first tenant of Morgan Center Business Park is a reminder that good things happen when local governments join forces. The decisions made in 2009 by …

Here is the October 25 edition of the Daily Recap presented by JFQ Lending. Many more fun passes Brent Rollins questioned whether Georgia’s offensive had officially joined the ranks of the elite. One aspect that Rollins noted contributes to being an elite offense is being successful with the play-action pass. …

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Attorney General has joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in writing a letter to President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, expressing his opposition to a plan by the Biden administration to provide the federal government has access to almost all US …

COLUMBUS – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 19 other state attorneys general, sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department opposing a new federal policy that would allow the federal government access to almost all US bank accounts and financial transaction information. . “It makes the IRS more …

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Amid a nationwide debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers on Friday quickly approved a plan to draw $ 400 million from the US bailout for help build two sizeable prisons, fending off criticism from Congressional Democrats that the money was not intended for …

Item body Auburn University will host a virtual conference with Nick Wiley, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, the largest wetland and waterfowl organization in North America, on October 7 as part of the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences’ Celebration of the 75th anniversary. Wiley is the sixth speaker in the …

Daily Decatur. September 28, 2021. Editorial: State High Court Obstructs Open Government The Alabama Supreme Court has gutted the state public records act as it relates to law enforcement, making it much more difficult to hold law enforcement accountable. Political cartoons In a shocking and sweeping ruling last week, the …

By TODD STACY, Alabama Daily News A new bill from U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring banks and credit unions to report customer transactions or account balances beyond current legal requirements. Currently, bank secrecy law requires financial institutions to report transactions of $ 10,000 …

MORGAN COUNTY, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Alabama (WAFF) – County leaders in northern Alabama are making plans on how to use their share of the $ 200 million in federal money. Morgan County has $ 23 million to work on. Lauderdale County has $ 18 million. Leaders we spoke to said this …

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Gov. Kay Ivey plans to call lawmakers in Montgomery for a special session on the construction of the prison on September 27, she told them in a letter Friday. “As I have said before, now is the time – this legislature and this administration – to lead …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey calls lawmakers in special session later this month to vote on a plan to build a prison that would use part of the state’s virus relief funds to launch the construction of three new prisons. In a letter to lawmakers announcing the special session, …

04 September 2021 So what can the fate of a coffee shop tell you about the state of the US economy and the evolution of work? A lot, in the end. The other week, the bistro where my family and I have had brunch every Sunday since the pandemic began …

Congressman Jerry Carl This past weekend, as we celebrated Independence Day, many of you likely traveled to visit friends and family, or maybe even spent a day relaxing at the beach. If you’ve traveled a distance, short or long, you’ve probably noticed that we have significant infrastructure needs as our …

Students enrolled in higher education institutions can apply for the third installment of the Higher Education Emergency Fund. The eligibility requirements have changed, allowing more students to receive funding. Photography: Andrea MabryHigher education students who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for a new wave …

Records continue to break on the Gulf Coast of Alabama, where visitors flock in droves for vacations of sun, sand and time on a boat. But one problem has long existed on the Alabama coast for these boaters: there are few places for them to pitch, and it’s a struggle …

Alabama officials are in the process of deciding how to use the latest round of federal funds coming to the state due to COVID-19, including a determination of whether some of the money could be used to help build prisons. The legislature will need to approve the use of US …

By Guy Busby DAPHNE – The first phase of work to improve traffic on Interstate 10 through Mobile Bay has received approval on both sides of the bay, but Baldwin officials said they would continue to seek funding to get started the other phases of the project as soon as …

The Department of Justice (DOJ) managed to recover part of the ransom paid to the criminal hacking group suspected of being responsible for the attack on the colonial pipeline, which cut off a major fuel supply to the east coast during about a week in May. . Deputy Attorney General …

June 7, 2021 In an effort to curb the Biden administration’s attacks on the energy sector, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity and 14 other state treasurers recently sent a letter to John Kerry, the President Joe Biden’s climate czar, telling him to renounce a policy aimed at restricting access to …

CHARLESTON – West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore and 14 treasurers across the country threaten to withdraw assets from banks succumbing to pressure from President Joe Biden and Climate Tsar John Kerry to invest in fuels fossils. Moore sent a letter to Kerry, Biden’s special presidential climate envoy, signed by the …

HARRISBURG – Treasurer Stacy Garrity joined 14 other state treasurers in calling on President Biden and his administration to end attempts to pressure financial institutions to divest from coal, oil and of natural gas. Stacy Garrity “These businesses play a vital role in the economies of many hard-working middle-class communities …

President Joe Biden signed a bill to tackle hate crimes against Asian Americans after the bill won overwhelming support from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Biden signed the bill in the East Room of the White House on Thursday and called hatred and racism “the ugly poison …

Today is Thursday, May 20, 140th day of 2021. There are 225 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. …

The Mayor of London Breed remembers the shame she felt while standing in pantry line with her grandmother or buying groceries from the store with food stamps while growing up in San Francisco. What still bothers her the most about distributing traditional food to the hungry, she said, are the …

Every day you hear another politician denouncing socialism as something dark and mean and something to be avoided. But the truth is, most of them don’t know what socialism is. For them, this is just another buzzword that annoys citizens and they never stop thinking, or know so little history, …

Bloomberg FDA Clears Pfizer Shot For Teens; Slow US cases: virus update (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in children ages 12 to 15. The number of new cases in the United States increased last week at the slowest rate since …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 3, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (CCBG) today announced the closing of its acquisition, on April 30, 2021, of substantially all of the assets of Strategic Wealth Group, LLC. A newly formed subsidiary of CCBG, Inc., Capital City Strategic Wealth, LLC (CCSW), has …

One little-noticed effect of the change in immigration policy of the Biden administration compared to the Trump administration is the change it can bring to the private prison sector. The number of people held by immigration and customs – a main source of income for private prison companies in recent …

British financial institution Barclay’s LPC will finance two jail lease contracts signed by the federal government. Kay ivey, in response to the state auditor of Alabama Jim zeigler. Zeigler says Barclays has agreed to lift $ 634 million for the non-public building of two prisons, one in Elmore County and …

Barclays Plc has introduced that it’s going to not present new funding to personal jail corporations. Photographer: Jason Alden / Bloomberg Photographer: Jason Alden / Bloomberg Two years in the past, Barclays Plc joined a refrain of massive banks asserting that they might not present new funding to personal jail …

With an unprecedented crisis, comes unique help. Many small business owners, lenders and business consultants are trying to navigate the nuances of the CARES Act, a coronavirus relief program passed in late March, with the aim of mitigating losses, starting to recover and plan for the future. To date, the …

GOLETA, CALIF. – Days of uncertainty compounded by hope and confusion over the process for applying for a small business loan through the federal government have baffled local homeowners. And worried. Linda Mangione (left) and her husband Robert (right) owners of MasterCare in Goleta. Manager, Maria Castro, stands in the …

National information webinar to review the application process on March 30 Washington, March 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Administration of American Small Businessesn launches a home page for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal today in anticipation of the opening of applications for the highly anticipated Critical …

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A spokesperson for the US Small Business Administration told KXAN on Tuesday that the list of companies receiving loans under the Paycheck Prevention Program would likely not be made public. Lawmakers have called for more transparency after reports that the first round of loans went to large …

“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a taxi for more than two decades. COVID has caused a sharp drop in taxi ridership as people comply with the city’s shelter-in-place order, which was extended until May 3. Due to the …

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House on … [+] March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden has announced that his administration will meet its goal of delivering 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 100 days tomorrow, …

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the history’s timestamp to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN – Much-needed help is on its way to a small business in Brooklyn, and it’s coming from the borough itself. …

Last week, Olga Sagan gathered her team at Piroshky Piroshky, a chain of bakeries in Seattle. Pedestrian traffic had fallen by 70% due to the coronavirus. The restoration was zero. “I said guys, we’re a bakery. We will do what we do well, but we also bake bread, ”she said. …

By ROBERT JUMPER A FEATHER EDITOR Sculminating with several of our traditionalists and elders, you will certainly understand why many natives are wary of those who wear costumes. It is a holdover from the days of the forced exodus and military rule of the Indians. For generations before us, costumes …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has reopened its portal for micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and households affected by COVID-19 to access up to 25 million of nairas. This was revealed on Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal assistant on new media, Bashir …

The federal government said it had received 138 loan applications, totaling N14.59 billion, and approved 13, covering N1.08 billion, under the Support Fund for the Financing of Artisanal Miners and small scale (ASM). Of the 13 approved loan applications, a total of N311 million had been disbursed as of September …

LAHOR: Previously, veteran actor Meera applied for financial assistance from the Artist Support Fund, launched by the Punjab Department of Information and Culture. The actor had asked for 40 million rupees, claiming his finances were in dire straits. His request was subsequently rejected by the authorities in question. The authorities …

the U.S. Small Business Administration launch a page for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal today in anticipation of the opening of applications for the economic assistance program on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was created under the Economic Assistance to Small …

Utah trucking company owner faces multiple charges after federal prosecutors alleged he submitted a fraudulent loan application to obtain funds from the US Small Business Administration Paycheque Protection Program (PPP). Hubert Ivan Ugarte, 52, of Draper, Utah, owner of Frisbu Trucking Inc., is currently owned by the federal government. Prosecutors …

Canada The deadline for the emergency business account has been moved to June 30, 2021 TORONTO, March 22, 2021 / CNW / – CIBC announced today that it is available to provide business owners with immediate assistance in submitting new applications under the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) Program. The …

If you’re planning to cross the border and go to highschool in Canada, chances are you’ll already know that you will want a examine allow issued by the federal government. Your allow software, which is accompanied by an immigration visa upon approval, relies upon partially in your funds. You need …

Up to date at 9:34 p.m. ET America Supreme Court docket Tuesday allowed a requirement from the Trump administration to reinstate restrictions on sufferers looking for a drug used to terminate early pregnancies. The choice, launched following a dissent from the court docket’s liberal judges, restores the duty for sufferers …

Folks block a avenue close to the house of the pinnacle of legislation and justice Jaroslaw Kaczynski throughout a protest in opposition to the imposition of latest abortion restrictions in Warsaw, Poland, October 23, 2020. AGENCJA GAZETA / REUTERS A whole lot of individuals took to the streets of cities …

Scholar loans have made it potential for a lot of college students to understand their dream of finding out overseas. A candidate can acquire a pupil mortgage to check overseas from the federal government or non-public sector banks. Most banks present pupil loans to check overseas inside 15 days. College …

Congress may move probably the most sweeping reduction packages for minority farmers within the nation’s historical past in the present day, due to a provision in President Biden’s pandemic stimulus invoice. Though the landmark laws, which might write off $ 4 billion in debt, appeared to come back out of …

Whether you are searching for the perfect home finance package or you have found a great mortgage rate, your local bank or credit union is always a great place to start. Your local bank will have someone available for you if you need help, but usually they will not want …