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By McKENZIE DELISLE Press-Republican
Dec 22, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â More than one-third of the $900 billion COVID relief bill was committed to helping the nation s small businesses stay, or get back on, their feet, and bar owner Bobby Hall said it was about time. We could use the help,  he said. We could definitely use the help.
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The package budgeted $325 billion for small business aid, more than $284 billion of which was to support a second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).Â
That forgivable loan program was first issued under the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act earlier this year.Â