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“Mark Ethan Jermain fraudulently applied for and received PPP loans for businesses that didn’t exist anywhere but on paper. Furthermore, he used the identity of a former business partner, unbeknownst to the partner, to defraud the taxpayer funded program out of nearly three quarters of a million dollars,” said FBI St. Louis Special Agent in Charge Ashley Johnson. #loan

“I don't think I'd care much if it was like, ‘let's reinstate these service members. As long as they still qualify, as long as they meet the standards that you're gonna require everybody to meet for the military.’ But the idea that you're gonna give them back pay for having refused what was a legal order?” said Kinzinger. #reinstatement

Rossi previously plead guilty to charges of filing false federal tax returns and taking funds from his former employer... #fraud

Officials from DCEO said because of the amount of funds, it had to bring in an outside vendor and they could do this under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. #businessinterruptiongrants

The state's overall respiratory illness level decreased from Low to Minimal... #covid #cold #flu

Flu activity is now surging to match the pre-COVID-19 2019-2020 season while RSV activity overall appears to... #covid #flu #cold #rsv

"As new variants of COVID continue to emerge, we continue to develop updated tools to fight them." #covid #flu #rsv #vaccine

Casto said small business owners cite challenges like revenue losses and higher rent prices, but many also point to higher interest rates. #rent #business #illinois

Some children are 3 to 5 years behind where they should be if the pandemic had not kept them out of in-person classrooms. #tutoring

The topic this year, Post-COVID Realities in Mental Health, will explore various ways COVID-19 has had an impact on mental health. #covid