Many small businesses are applying for the next round of financial help from the government to stay afloat, and waiting to find out if they have to pay back the previous COVID-19 relief loan.

The Alabama Department of Revenue, or ALDOR, issued guidance for taxpayers and employers regarding tax relief measures included in Gov. Kay Ivey’s proclamation.

Traveling steak sales are pulling into parking lots across the country, luring lots of budget-conscious shoppers.

Members of the Alabama Legislature will get a 3.76% raise on Jan.1, bringing the 140 lawmakers’ annual pay to $51,734.

The state finance director said Wednesday his office is working under a Dec. 30 deadline to spend more than $800 million remaining from the more than $1.76 billion federal CARES Act money allocated to the state earlier this year.

With the election now over and two months before a new government is seated, some in Alabama’s congressional delegation say more federal help to states for the coronavirus pandemic could be on the way.

Tax revenues in the state’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund grew significantly, 16.2% and 8.7%, in October compared to a year ago.

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The Centers for Disease Control will use its quarantine authority to prevent renters from being evicted from their homes through the end of the year.

The ADOL said it appears the state’s economy is going in the right direction with unemployment numbers dropping recently.

The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover reopened Tuesday.

Gas prices have been dropping over the past few weeks because there’s less demand for it right now.

The IRS announced Easter weekend the first round of payments were deposited into taxpayers’ bank accounts and later this week, it will launch a tool on its website where people can track the status of their stimulus check.

The IRS will begin accepting income tax returns on January 27.

2020 should see a jump in jobs in Jefferson County.

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