To many small businesses, the federal stimulus program that provided money to pay employees during the pandemic was a critical lifeline. But if those business owners aren’t precise with their paperwork, that grant could turn into a loan or, worse, a criminal fraud charge. Arkady…
The pandemic changed the real estate game, and now scammers are taking advantage and counting their profits Much of the buying and selling now is being done virtually with Zoom replacing in-person meetings, online home tours and digital signing of documents with states allowing notarizations…
Colleges and their international students across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Trump Administration this week abruptly reversed a rule that would have forced foreign students to face deportation had universities held strictly virtual classes this fall to help stem…
Even before the arrival of the coronavirus, the usefulness and necessity of college entrance testing was a hotly debated and litigated subject. Health, safety and economic pressures resulting from the spread of COVID-19 have intensified this trend toward less reliance by colleges on test scores…
We’ve all done it. Clicked I Agree without reading what we’re agreeing to. Signed a form but ignored the wall of text we were meant to read. But in the middle of a pandemic, does that routine agreement become a riskier act? That question leaped…
A crowded courthouse is not the best place to be in the middle of a pandemic. So, for the last few months, jury trials have ground to a halt around the country while other court hearings have been conducted remotely. The question court officials are…
As soaring unemployment continues amid the COVID-19 pandemic and food pantries remain closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has limited who can receive emergency funds for food assistance, leaving out some of the most vulnerable families. Two nonprofit California-based groups representing those families are suing…
As the nation inches closer to what will surely be a contentious presidential election in November, efforts are underway to secure voter rights and quash suppression and voter disenfranchisement.
As researchers race to find vaccines, treatments and cures for the deadly pandemic that has paralyzed the world and killed hundreds of thousands of people, they’re focused on finding coronavirus treatments that are safe and effective.
New York state’s plastic bag reduction law, postponed twice already due to a lawsuit and the COVID-19 pandemic, is beginning to be enforced this week as the state reopens.