LISTEN: Firms Line Up For The Second Round Of Small Business Aid

Connecticut Public Radio | By John Henry Smith

Published April 28, 2020 at 1:06 PM EDT

Paycheck Protection Program 2.0 opened for business this week in Connecticut and around the country. After the initial $349 billion ran in just two weeks, the federal government has now made an additional $310 billion available to small businesses who agree to keep, and pay, their employees.

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Connecticut Public Radio's John Henry Smith spoke with Fairfield County-based Attorney Nancy Hancock of the firm Pullman and Comley.

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