National Newspaper Association
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SBA opens new forgiveness portal
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.
PERSPECTIVE: Restricting speech in the name of safety, from panic to pandemic
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, ...
PERSPECTIVE: Protect assembly and petition by preserving listening at public meetings
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, ...
Pandemic facts can be delivered with unusual means: social media, Extension agents, federal funding
Sep 1, 2021
With the nation desperately in need of vaccination and masking to prevent deaths and keep our hospitals from being overrun, what role should community newspapers play?
Apply for the Employee Retention Credit — NNA/RSM ERTC webinar
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 ...
Editorials provide leadership needed in pandemic
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,” ...
Cantwell, Kelly, Wyden introduce legislation to revive, sustain trusted local news
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.
Time for community newspapers to stand up as leaders in America’s economic rebound
Jun 4, 2021
Now is the time for newspapers to step back into this important role and lead the way in promoting unity and innovation as local businesses seek to re-establish themselves in the minds of their consumers. ...
I want to see us move forward with all of the insights and lessons we’ve learned
Jun 1, 2021
I realized that after more than a year living in a pandemic, trying to teach journalism and do journalism and be a parent, all in the same place, I’m really fatigued. What tires me the most is the ...
