The latest round of funding passed by congress includes more money for the Paycheck Protection Program, reports KCRA.

Small businesses struggling from the COVID-19 shutdowns are getting another round of financial help with the latest spending bill passed by Congress.

Data from the Paycheck Protection Program businesses owned by minorities were some of the last loans funded, reports Associated Press. 

Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks that would accept their applications or were disadvantaged by the terms of the program.

Texas small businesses will soon have rapid Covid tests that they can administer to their employees, reports Click 2 Houston.

With new cases of the coronavirus and hospitalizations spiking in Texas as winter approaches, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday launched a program to provide small businesses with rapid tests for their employees.