This is a sequel to the popular articles: “COVID-19 Crash Course for Small Biz Payroll Protection Plan Applicants,” “A Quick, Easy Update on the CARES Act,” and “CARES Act Potholes”
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MEET THE CREW TURNING DORMS INTO SHELTERS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
For days, he and his crew had been converting dorm rooms into shelters for those experiencing homelessness while the predicted peak of coronavirus pandemic looms. “I felt like I needed to do my part to help, and this was my chance.”
CARES ACT POTHOLES—COVID-19 PROGRAM BORROWERS BEWARE
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act could be a crucial lifeline for many Massachusetts small businesses including retailers, bars, sandwich shops, and restaurants. Unfortunately, these businesses may face an unintended conundrum.
LET’S TALK ABOUT DEATH: DESTIGMATIZING MORTALITY AS CORONAVIRUS LOOMS
There is a lot of advice circulating about how to try to stay physically well, but little talk about psychological angst that the threat of an extremely contagious, potentially fatal disease creates.
A QUICK, EASY UPDATE ON THE CARES ACT & PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
This article is a sequel to our extremely popular COVID-19 Crash Course for Small Biz Payroll Protection Plan Applicants
MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS STRUGGLE TO AFFORD CARE WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST
“Even folks who hadn’t experienced anxiety will likely be experiencing it, and folks who have it, it’s likely to get compounded considerably.”
ADVOCATES SUE, ARGUE IMMEDIATE DECARCERATION NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES
To keep people locked up despite the looming threat of coronavirus, officials are claiming prisoners lack community ties. Advocates and family members say that’s not the case.
COVID-19 CRASH COURSE FOR SMALL BIZ PAYROLL PROTECTION PLAN APPLICANTS
It is the third in a series of coronavirus bills and likely not the last, but so far it is the biggest and most misinterpreted.
LEGION OF CANNABIS ADVOCATES CALLS FOR RECREATIONAL SHOPS TO REOPEN
“Reopening these businesses would provide access to the many adult-use consumers who rely on cannabis for medical purposes.”
STILL AT ESSENTIAL JOBS DURING CRISIS, RETAIL WORKERS ASK FOR RAISES
“You’re not considered important until you’re really truly needed, such as in a time like this … I think anyone deemed essential needs a pay bump.”