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Pennsylvania saw a nearly 50% increase in Hispanic-owned businesses between 2012 and 2019, according to Census data. Non-Hispanic businesses increased by 9.3%, which means Latinos are creating businesses at a higher rate than their non-Hispanic peers.

Nationally, the Small Business Administration withheld funding from 2,965 applicants who initially had been approved to receive the money..

A Hershey sports bar is one of three white-owned businesses nationwide suing the U.S. Small Business Administration on grounds of discrimination in giving out federal aid.

Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost.