Governor Laura Kelly used a roughly 40-minute news conference Friday to detail financial plans to help businesses struggling with the new coronavirus landscape.
Much of her focus was on hospitality and entertainment with the start of the Hospitality Industry Relief Fund — providing emergency 36-month no-interest loans to help businesses with 100 or less employees. Commerce Secretary David Toland:
Another $6.3 million in Community Development Block Grants are currently available for use. The Commerce Department is chopping the application-to-notice turnaround time from 30 days to 48 hours.
Labor Secretary Delia Garcia says unemployment claims skyrocketed over the past week.
At the federal level, the tax filing deadline was pushed from April 15 to July 15 and student loan payments have been suspended without penalty for at least 60 days.
