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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Updated: Dayton asks federal government for storm loans
Gov. Mark Dayton wants the federal Small Business Administration to make low-interest loans available to repair home and business with flood and other June storm damage as state leaders aim for a spec...
Posted on 8/15/12 at 11:35 AM
N.D. flood victims get until Nov. 21 to register for disaster assistance 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the deadline of today has been extended to Nov. 21. It applies to FEMA aid and U.S. Small Business Administration loans.
By Associated Press , September 22, 2011
Dayton seeks Hennepin County tornado aid from SBA
Gov. Mark Dayton is requesting a disaster declaration from the Small Business Administration for Hennepin County for damage done by a tornado that hit the area May 22.
By Associated Press , July 05, 2011
FLOOD BRIEFS: Victim assitance ... Handling flooded equipment ... etc.
Federal disaster assistance for North Dakota flood victims has reached $1.7 million, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday.
By Herald Staff Reports , June 30, 2011
AROUND MINNESOTA: SBA to make Minnesota storm loans available ... Rochester death being investigated as homicide ... more
he Small Business Administration will make low-interest disaster loans available in Minnesota counties hit by tornadoes and storms in June.
By Associated Press , July 09, 2010
Harvey's Earth Harvest Mills receives expansion grant
A $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been approved for Earth Harvest Mills in Harvey, N.D., to increase production from 23 million pounds to 185 million pounds of flour per year.
By Herald Staff Report , October 26, 2009
MINNESOTA POLITICS: Bachmann rules out 2012 bid for presidency
A Minnesota darling of conservative media will not run for president in 2012.
By Don Davis , October 26, 2009
Obama: Time for bailed-out big banks to help small businesses
In his weekly radio and Internet address today, President Barack Obama said too many small business owners remain unable to get credit despite administration steps to jump-start lending, which was virtually frozen when the financial crisis took hold last year. Obama weekly address video at bottom of article,
By Alan Fram , October 24, 2009
Final N.D. flood aid numbers released
The state Emergency Services Department's final report on the impact of 2009 spring floods and other severe weather says 7,357 people applied for federal disaster aid and more than $19 million was approved.
By Associated Press , August 27, 2009
FEMA: NW Minnesota residents get more than $1.6 million in financial aid so far
More than $1.6 million in financial assistance has been approved for residents of Beltrami, Clay, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Traverse and Wilkin counties, who suffered damages from flooding that began in March, according to FEMA. Two new FEMA mobile Disaster Relief Centers will open Monday at noon in Oslo and Crookston.
By Herald Staff Report , May 09, 2009
Fargo contractors upset Newfolden firm gets levee removal work
Levees began leaving the streets of Fargo on Thursday, irritating some of the locals who helped build them. Area contractors weren’t hoping the temporary floodwalls would stay up forever. They just wanted a bigger piece of the action when they came down.
By Dave Roepke and Mike Nowatzki , April 24, 2009
Obama announces small-business lending boost
The Obama administration announced today that the 21 largest banks receiving government money must report monthly on how much lending they do to small businesses.
By Philip Elliott , March 16, 2009
Obama to announce new measures to boost lending for struggling small business owners
The broad package of measures to be announced today includes portions of the $730 million from the stimulus plan that will be used to immediately reduce small-business lending fees and increase the government guarantee on some Small Business Administration loans to 90 percent. The government also will take aggressive steps to boost bank liquidity with more than $10 billion aimed at unfreezing the secondary credit market, according to officials briefed on the plan who demanded anonymity to avoid pre-empting the president's announcement.
By Hope Yen , March 16, 2009
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