On November 18, Governor Kay Ivey announced a $200 million COVID-19 relief grant program, called Revive Plus. The program allows Alabama-based businesses with fifty or fewer employees, Alabama-based non-profits, and Alabama-based faith-based organizations to apply for grants up to $20,000 to reimburse business interruption expenses. This grant program is in addition to any previous state […]
In a world of electronic recordkeeping and legal digital signatures, bank safe deposit boxes are a bit old-school. However, they still exist, and many people still depend on them for the safekeeping of a variety of items important to them. There are some items people often keep, but should not, in their safe deposit box […]
One of the major lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis is how vulnerable we are as Americans due to our poor underlying health. According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), America ranks near the bottom in terms of life expectancy among advanced/industrialized nations and near the top in terms of obesity rates, […]
This presidential election could very well be a flashback to the 2000 presidential election of Bush versus Gore. Does anybody remember the ‘hanging chads’? Bush was declared the early winner, but the Democrats contested the race, which was finally declared in Bush’s favor by the U.S. Supreme Court on December 12, 2000. With an unprecedented […]
In March of this year, Congress passed the CARES Act as part of a COVID-19 stimulus package of Economic Impact Payments that included $1,200 checks to eligible Americans plus $500 checks for eligible children. A couple with two children could receive up to $3,400. Not everyone was eligible for payments as phaseouts begin at $75,000 […]