STEP funding will be used to support export development and trade endeavors for eligible small businesses.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded the Mississippi Development Authority $600,000 for the State Trade Expansion Program to support Mississippi business interested in internati
issues as antonia was just saying, as we said at the top of the show, with the navy going and helping people, the pentagon sending people. gary, talk to me about what you re seeing in dc. yeah, we spend a lot of time talking about how critical services will start to be impacted by just the sheer number of people getting coronavirus. that s exactly what we re seeing here in washington, dc. 25% of the people that work at december hospitals across this city are not working today because they have coronavirus. so as a result, and as a response to that, the city is starting a $15 million grant initiative to bring in traveling nurses. traveling nurses to the rescue here in dc to supplement what s happening. $15 million because traveling nurses are expensive, they cost up to $200 per nurse per hour. that really does add up. this is on top of other emergency services that are also seeing issues in staffing.