By Brad Poole (CN) — U.S. Department of Education restrictions on community college pandemic aid violate the Constitution and would block help to more than half of California’s 1.5 million students, including many who need assistance the most, several community college districts said in a federal...

College of the Canyons has been allocated approximately $3.1 million in the form of CARES Act Emergency Grants, which will go directly to students with needs related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Funds will be disbursed as quickly as possible in order to provide students with the support they need...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced plans Tuesday to conduct a full audit of the largest recipients of emergency small business loans through a COVID-19 relief program. Established to quell financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, forgivable loans provided through the $660...

WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday rolled out its plan to reimburse healthcare providers that treat patients who have COVID-19 but are uninsured. The Department of Health and Human Services will use part of a $100 billion fund included in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act that became law at the end...

With 8.2% of the population receiving benefits as of April 4, the unemployment rate has shattered the last record of 7% set in 1975.   By Amanda Pampuro (CN) — Covid-19 has put estimated 26.8 million out of work since the U.S. declared a national emergency, according to new figures Thursday...

The county of Los Angeles in partnership with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative and Community Reinvestment Fund, USA has created a new online portal for small businesses to apply for the federal Paycheck Protection Program. The PPP is a forgivable loan product created by the federal Coronavirus...

Federal courts across the country are being asked to step in as small businesses hit roadblocks applying for billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds. Pointing out a “significant flaw” in the government’s emergency coronavirus response bill, a federal judge nevertheless declined to block Bank...

Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) building. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors authorized the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) Tuesday to receive and administer the County’s initial allocation of $13.6 million in Community Development Block Grant Program Coronavirus...

SACRAMENTO —The U.S. Department of Education has granted preliminary approval to California’s request for flexibility in using federal funds to ease the immediate impacts of COVID-19 school closures. State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond submitted...

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday released a new “simple tax return” for non-taxpayers to fill out to receive their $1,200 “economic impact payments” per the CARES Act. The simple tax return is designed specifically for people not already in the IRS system, including those...