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Thousands of businesses got critical loans during pandemic

by Associated Press
| September 7, 2020 12:06 AM

When a large swath of Connecticut was forced to shut down during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, state officials quickly created an emergency loan program from scratch, hoping to help small businesses — from pizza shops to yoga studios — weather the economic crisis.

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