the southland journal

Small businesses owned by women, minorities get first chance at new PPP loans (Washington DC) - The Biden administration is expanding the federal Paycheck Protection Program as well as targeting women and minority-owned businesses to give them greater access to loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. With less than half the allocated $284 billion in PPP funds yet to be claimed, by U.S. businesses, the Small Business Administration has said it would soon begin accepting a new round of applications.

"Don't be McFooled!" Area leaders are calling on a 90-day McDonald's protest. Several lawsuits have been filed against the McDonald's corporation alleging racism.

Bonnie Kurowski, a Florida resident, and self-proclaimed "hard-hitting" "reporter" who has opened up numerous new websites in the past 6 weeks, all pointing to each other as "verification" of authenticity, appears to be acting out some sick, twisted, idea that certain candidates are not worthy of running for office.

Lawyers Who Were Ineligible to Handle Serious Criminal Charges Were Given Thousands of These Cases Anyway - Soon after receiving his license to practice law in Maine in May 2015, Jeremiah McIntosh, 36, began a new career as a small-town lawyer in the northeast corner of the state’s rural Aroostook County.

Bulls erupt in third quarter, beat Rockets 120-100 (Houston, Texas) - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Houston Rockets 120-100 Monday night at the Toyota Center in Houston.

“Power Companies Get Exactly What They Want”: How Texas Repeatedly Failed to Protect Its Power Grid Against Extreme Weather - In January 2014, power plants owned by Texas’ largest electricity producer buckled under frigid temperatures. Its generators failed more than a dozen times in 12 hours, helping to bring the state’s electric grid to the brink of collapse.

To grasp the magnitude of this chain of events, please first watch my public comment to the Bloomington City Council back in September of 2019.We informed them we would get to the bottom of the matter but rather than providing the requested records and truth to what happened, the City chose the path of obstruction.

Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster - President Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, and his administration says it’s using the full force of the federal government to get the doses by July. There’s a reason he can’t promise them sooner.

Gig workers, who report to a phone app instead of a human, are unusually vulnerable to phishing scams that drain entire paychecks

Embiid sets career high, 76ers beat the Bulls (Philadelphia, PA) - After their comeback win against Detroit, the Bulls had a big opportunity against the 76ers on Friday night. Philly has the best record in the Eastern Conference, so the chance to defeat them in their only nationally televised game of the year is huge.