Tag: coronavirus

Recently the Environmental Protection Agency announced that they would be relaxing enforcement standards on pollution effective March 13, 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Linked below is the EPA’s Memorandum announcing the relaxing of regulations, the New York Times’ article covering it, and the EPA’s response to the New York Times’ reporting.  EPA Memorandum […]

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Source: Stoel Rives, April 9, 2020 The IRS has posted a summary description of the employee retention tax credit that was enacted as part of the CARES Act (available here). The IRS also posted a frequently asked question page regarding the credit (available here). The employee retention credit is a credit against the employer portion […]

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Source: Washington Department of Commerce, April 7, 2020 Governor Inslee is offering a new Working Washington Small Business Emergency Grant program to assist small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Up to $5 million in funds are provided through the Governor’s Strategic Reserve Fund and administered by the State Department of Commerce. The grant program […]

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Source: Washington Research Council, April 4, 2020 Friday afternoon, Gov. Inslee vetoed sections of the operating budget and numerous bills that affected state revenues. (Here is his operating budget veto message and here is a table of the vetoes. Here is our policy brief on the budget as passed by the Legislature.) Accounting for his vetoes, appropriations from funds subject […]

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This past week, the CleanTech Alliance sent out an anonymous survey to its Board of Directors to gauge how the organization should proceed in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. With 39 responses to date, we highlighted and summarized the most relevant feedback below. We received 25 open ended responses to the question ‘should we change […]

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Has your small business been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic? You may be eligible for a loan through the Small Business Administration.

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