An unnoticed rule issued by the Small Business Administration earlier in the pandemic allows agency employees, legislators, and other federal officials to bypass an ethics review that aims to avoid conflicts of interest. The exemption pertained to $ 659 billion Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans, a congressionally approved lending facility …
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The flags of the European Union wave in the breeze during the second day of a special European Council summit in Brussels on February 21, 2020, held to discuss the upcoming long-term budget of the European Union (EU). Ludovic Marin | AFP | fake pictures European Union countries failed to …
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By Maggie Brown, WRAL cross-platform producer Raleigh, NC – ReOpenNC, an organization initially formed to protest Governor Roy Cooper’s stay-at-home order, rallied against the mask mandate that will soon begin in downtown Raleigh on Friday morning. The statewide mandate takes effect at 5 p.m. Exceptions are made for anyone with …
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We all know that history has a habit of repeating itself, but the fact that we find ourselves in a global pandemic almost exactly 100 years after the last great sensation is almost felt in the nose. While the coronavirus outbreak differs from the Spanish flu pandemic in some important …
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Health officials have now linked 65 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to The outbreak at a bar in East Lansing. On Tuesday, a notice was issued that 14 people who went to Harper’s Restaurant and Brew Pub in East Lansing he had tested positive for the coronavirus. …
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