As businesses across the country look to Washington’s recently passed legislation for help and guidance through the coronavirus pandemic, newly implemented relief measures are hitting roadblocks. At ...

Signed into law in March 2020, the federal Paycheck Protection Program had major reach in Shasta County. The program created as part of the CARES Act provided forgivable, low-interest loans to help ...

One of the founders of the lender service provider Blueacorn has entered a guilty plea in a scheme intended to fraudulently obtain COVID relief money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A ...

Shasta County businesses received nearly $387 million in COVID-era Paycheck Protection Plan loans. Most were forgiven by the federal government.