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Nov 19, 2021
The National Newspaper Association today welcomed news that the sections of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act that would provide tax credits for newsroom jobs have survived as part of the Build Back ...
Nov 15, 2021
The Emergency Temporary Standard by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, which ordered OSHA to ...
Nov 4, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today released its emergency regulations requiring companies with 100 employees or more to develop, implement and enforce ...
Oct 1, 2021
The Small Business Administration has opened a new portal for businesses that have not yet received forgiveness for their Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Sep 9, 2021
Enacted just weeks after Sept. 11, the USA PATRIOT Act restricted civil liberties more than most agreed was necessary to protect national security. The act expired in 2020, just as a new threat, COVID-19, ...
Sep 2, 2021
Many public meetings are becoming so contentious – even violent – that they push the boundaries of the First Amendment’s right “peaceably to assemble,” says Gene Policinski, ...
Aug 26, 2021
The Employee Retention Credit provides a credit to an employer who was affected by the COVID-19 shut down in 2020 or 2021. The credit can provide for up to $5,000 per employee credit in 2020 (depending ...
Aug 1, 2021
Hale-Spencer discovered that a court-appointed lawyer was going to sell the property to a developer. “We believe the price is not right and the assets are being ignored in the name of haste,” ...
Jul 23, 2021
Cantwell: “Local news is about holding the powerful accountable.” Pandemic and economic crisis batter newsrooms at a time Americans need them most.