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Maui Brewing Company issued warning over sanitizer giveaway
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui County Liquor Control Department has issued a written notice of warning to Maui Brewing Company after an investigation revealed the company violated state law by advertising free hand sanitizer with the sale of liquor. The department released a statement about the notice...
Federal probe prompts Indiana casino ownership change
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Gaming Commission approved the license for a new casino Friday despite ties between its ownership and longtime state casino executives entangled in a federal criminal investigation. The commission’s vote to grant a license for the planned Terre Haute casino came...
Contractor found dead in railroad tank car in New Mexico
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A man from Marshall, Texas has died in a possible industrial accident while performing an inspection on a railroad tank car in southeastern New Mexico, company officials said. Oil refining company Marathon Petroleum Corporation said in a statement that Cody B. Vernon, 49, was...
Federal prosecutors subpoena Maryland PPE contract records
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Maryland records relating to a $12.5 million contract for personal protective equipment that never arrived, a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday. Michael Ricci, Hogan's spokesman, confirmed in an email that Maryland has received subpoenas...
Maryland seeks probe of company that failed to deliver masks
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials are seeking an investigation into a politically connected company that contracted to provide the state with $12.5 million worth of personal protective equipment that never arrived. The Wall Street Journal reported that the state signed a deal on April 1 with Blue...
CMP shareholders ordered to foot cost of independent audit
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Central Maine Power shareholders, not ratepayers, are going to foot the $580,000 cost of an independent audit that found problems with the way the utility handled customer service issues with its new billing system. The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to hold...
Maui Brewing Co. under investigation for sanitizer giveaway
HONOLULU (AP) — A liquor control commission has launched an investigation of a Hawaii brewery for giving away hand sanitizer with purchases of its beer. Maui Brewing Co. is under investigation by the Maui County Liquor Control Commission for distributing the sanitizer during the COVID-19 outbreak. The...
AP: Publicly traded firms get $365M in small-business loans
Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were among those receiving millions of dollars from a relief fund that Congress created to help small businesses through the crisis, an Associated...
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Iconic events like the U.S. national spelling bee in June, Spain’s Running of the Bulls in July and Germany’s Oktoberfest are being scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic, even amid growing impatience over shutdowns that have thrown millions of people out of work. The push to reopen has set...
3 takeaways from AP review of small-business loan program
Small businesses have, like much of the U.S. economy, been walloped by the coronavirus. In response, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program to infuse small businesses — which typically have less access to quick cash and credit — with hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency loans so...
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