In an interview with The Dartmouth, sociology professor Kristin Smith explained why less than 3% of the state’s workforce have joined the state’s paid leave program and what this means for workers and ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics on January 16, 2026. The ...

Here's what lawmakers in the Mid-Valley said they'll be prioritizing during the 35-day legislative session that begins Feb. 2 ...

A Chattanooga pastor and former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball player will serve 30 months in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to defrauding a pandemic employment ...

The Trump administration’s decision to ban thousands of Minnesotans from U.S. Small Business Administration loans further stokes the fraud allegations that have roiled the state. The borrower ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is suspending almost 7,000 Minnesota borrowers over “suspected fraudulent activity” and blocking them from all other loan programs. The announcement was ...

Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler said Thursday that her agency has suspended “6,900 Minnesota borrowers” over suspected fraudulent activity regarding pandemic-era ...

Thousands of Minnesota borrowers have been suspended after allegations of widespread fraud. The Small Business Administration (SBA) said on Thursday it had reviewed thousands of Paycheck Protection ...

A Maine health services company recently accused by a whistleblower of bilking taxpayers out of millions in Medicaid funds saw its spigot shut off this week as the state Department of Health moved to ...

A federal judge will give former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge an extra month before she must report to prison in the Blueacorn paycheck protection program loan fraud case. Hockridge, who ...

On Monday, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said that the agency is halting annual funding to Minnesota while investigating $430 million in suspected Paycheck Protection Program fraud. Loeffler shared ...

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs.