News Among Small-Business Advocates, Reaction to President's Plan Is Mixed By Robb Mandelbaum NY Times September 27, 8000 Advocates for small business — including those in Congress — had near uniformly mixed reactions to President Obama’s proposal Friday to...
News ASBL: The Obama Adminstration's First Year Short Changes Small Businesses By Patrick Henry What They Think? September 27, 4400 The Obama administration’s first year gets an “F” from a group dedicated to helping small businesses get what it says is their legally...
News Small business committees, advocates hesitant to back Obama's restructuring proposal By J.D. Harrison Washington Post September 27, 1600 Lawmakers and small business advocacy groups Friday applauded President Obama’s decision to add a cabinet seat for the head of...
News Expert Opinion: Who's to Blame? By Scott Gingold U.S. Business Review September 27, 1600 John (not his real name) is a hard-working guy. He held his first job as a paperboy at the age of 11. As he grew older, he held many other jobs until he found...
News SBA sued for PPP transparency as agency boosts another loan's limit By Dan Ennis May 13, 2020The Washington Post, The New York Times, Bloomberg LP, Dow Jones and ProPublica sued the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Tuesday for access to government records...
News 'I just want to know who made the bad loans' Cramer blasts small business loan program April 29, 2020CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday criticized banks for approving small business loans to larger companies that were not meant to benefit from the federal Paycheck...
News SBA stumbles with second round of emergency loans The Hill April 29, 2020The second round of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) emergency coronavirus lending program is struggling to bounce back from a disastrous start.A crush of applications locked out...
News "It's not what you think it is": The government's bailout loans are failing small businesses like mine, says Farmgirl Flowers' CEO Business Insider April 29, 2020Makeshift distribution centers, furloughed employees, and countless frustrations: This is the...
News Scram Big Banks: Small Lenders Take Over SBA Lending Program (For A Night) NPR April 29, 2020The Small Business Administration on Wednesday will temporarily allow only the smallest financial institutions to access the small business coronavirus relief program,...
News Why are so many black-owned small businesses shut out of PPP loans? NBC April 29, 2020Many black-owned small businesses are having trouble accessing the government's emergency Paycheck Protection Program loans, despite a fresh round of CARES Act funding that...
News "The Big Guys Get Bailed Out": Restaurants Vie for Relief Funds New York Times April 29, 2020Buried deep in the 900-page stimulus package that Congress passed in March, a single paragraph has sparked an outcry from small restaurants as major chains and...
News House Approves $484 Billion in Additional Coronavirus Relief Funding Democracy Now April 29, 2020 On Capitol Hill, House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve another $484 billion in emergency relief. Most of the money will replenish the Paycheck...
News Lakers Received $4.6 Million Coronavirus Small Business Loan, But Returned It Popculture.com April 29, 2020The Los Angeles Lakers have returned a small business loan worth approximately $4.6 million. The money was provided as part of a federal government focused...
News Small Businesses Say Rescue Loans Come With Too Many Strings Attached NPR April 29, 2020Christian Piatt finally got a loan to help rescue his brand-new bar and restaurant in Granbury, Texas.But it wasn't easy.He applied through the federal Paycheck Protection...
News Buffalo's SBA office hiring temps to assist with Texas disaster claims April 29, 2020The U.S. Small Business Administration's disaster assistance office in Buffalo is temporarily expanding its workforce to assist individuals and business owners affected by...
News Small business owners say applying for emergency funds has been anything but easy By Rob RothKTVU Fox 2 April 14, 2020SAN FRANCISCO - Opening the Mom's The Word maternity store on Sacramento Street in San Francisco 23 years ago wasn't easy, say the owners.But it...
News Does President Trump hate small businesses? Read his 2021 budget proposal and decide By Rhonda AbramsUSA Today February 26, 2020Does President Donald Trump hate small business? If you examine his proposed budget for 2021, that's the logical conclusion to...
News FY2021 Budget: Cuts to SBA National Small Business Administration February 12, 2020 On Feb. 10, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget proposal which details plans for defense and non-defense discretionary spending. The budget blueprint...
News Chairwoman Velázquez on Trump Budget for 2021 | Small Business Committee By Nydia M. VelázquezCommittee On Small Business February 10, 2020 Washington, D.C. Today, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following...
News Cardin Opposes Trump Cuts to SBA Budget SBC.Senate.gov February 10, 2020 (Washington, DC)U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today issued the following statement on the Trump administration's Fiscal Year...
News Trump's 2018 Budget: What do the Funding Cuts Mean for Your Small Business? By Georgia McIntyreFundera January 31, 2020 Yesterday, President Trump released his plan for the 2018 budget, proposing a budget of $4.1 trillion for the government.With dramatic cuts in...
News Pentagon Forced to Go to Trial on Withheld FOIA Documents By Charles S. Clark March 20, 2019Pentagon Forced to Go to Trial on Withheld FOIA Documents
News Small-Business Group's FOIA Suit Still Has Legs March 19, 2019Small-Business Group's FOIA Suit Still Has Legs
News Trump Budget Will Cost Small Businesses SBC.Senate.gov March 11, 2019 (Washington, DC) Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's FY 2020...
News Government Shutdown Hurts SBA Lending At Banks In December By Banklesstimes.com January 9, 2019Government Shutdown Hurts SBA Lending At Banks In December
News Military not giving small business subcontractors a fair shake By Scott Maucione October 10, 2018The military services are not giving small businesses a fair shake when it comes to awarding contracts.The Defense Department Inspector General Office unearthed some...
News Small Business Advocate Wins $475K in Legal Fees After 4-Year Fight With Government By Charles ClarkGovernment Executive August 9, 2018After four years and expenses of more than $700,000, a California-based small business advocate on Thursday won an agreement...
News Small Business Activist Wins Interim Victory Against Pentagon, Sikorsky By Charles ClarkGovernment Executive November 16, 2017For four years, the small but vocalAmerican Small Business League has argued that large federal contractorsmislead agencies and the...
News Sikorsky Complains Over DOD Document Release In FOIA Suit By Daniel Wilson Law 360 November 14, 2017Law360, Nashville (November 14, 2017, 7:15 PM EST) --Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. told a California federal court Monday that the U.S.Department of Defense was mistaken...
News Pentagon, Sikorsky sued over small-business contracts By Anna RadelatThe CT Mirror August 14, 2017Washington A group representing small businesses is suing thePentagon and Sikorsky for information about the defense contractor's hiring ofsmall and minority...