Articles for Rescue Program

A VA rescue effort saved 15,000 veterans' homes. Some in Congress want to scrap it
1 week, 4 days ago

A VA rescue effort saved 15,000 veterans' homes. Some in Congress want to scrap it

NPR  

A VA rescue effort saved 15,000 veterans' homes. toggle caption Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Some lawmakers want to scuttle VA's new rescue program At a recent House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee hearing, the head of the VA's home loans program, John Bell, testified that 15,000 veterans have had their troubled mortgages rescued by the new VA Servicing Purchase program, or …

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How a rescue program led by researchers and rangers is saving critically endangered sawfish in the Top End
3 years, 6 months ago

How a rescue program led by researchers and rangers is saving critically endangered sawfish in the Top End

ABC  

Bumping along a dried-up floodplain, there's a strange splashing noise coming from the back of the four-wheel drive. Since 2012, a group of Indigenous rangers and a researcher have saved more than 70 sawfish through rescue missions in the Daly River region, south of Darwin. Rescue program celebrates 10 years The sawfish rescue program is believed to be the only …

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Lakers pay back $4.6 million received from coronavirus rescue loan program
4 years, 11 months ago

Lakers pay back $4.6 million received from coronavirus rescue loan program

LA Times  

The Lakers applied for and received a loan of about $4.6 million under the stimulus package that Congress passed in March, but the team says it returned the money to the federal government. The Lakers remain completely committed to supporting both our employees and the community.” The Paycheck Protection Program, part of the $2.2-trillion stimulus package, was designed to help …

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Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees
4 years, 11 months ago

Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees

NPR  

Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images Banks handling the government's $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of small businesses were shut out of the program, according to an …

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A 'Noah's Ark' rescue to prevent fish 'Armageddon' gets underway in regional NSW
5 years, 6 months ago

A 'Noah's Ark' rescue to prevent fish 'Armageddon' gets underway in regional NSW

ABC  

It is not the most romantic way of fishing. Key points: A fish rescue operation is taking place over the next two weeks in Menindee The fish will be relocated to the Lower Darling, which has a more secure habitat There are warnings that with a forecast of record dry conditions, the state could be facing a fish "Armageddon" This …

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