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Webinar: Learn how you and your employees can be saving money on health insurance

November 10th, 5PM Small business owners across the state and country are saving money on good health insurance because of new federal rules. These rules eliminated the income caps for premium assistance and increased the level of premium subsidies. The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring this webinar to explain what is available […]

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Wyden pitches curbs on tax break for noncorporate businesses

Roll Call July 20, 2021 Wyden pitches curbs on tax break for noncorporate businesses By Laura Weiss Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden is proposing to limit a tax break for “pass-through” business owners by phasing it out for individuals making more than $400,000. The Oregon Democrat released a bill Tuesday morning that would simplify and curtail a deduction for owners or partners

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As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs

Live 5 WCSC July 18, 2021 As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs By Logan Reigstad WANDO, S.C. (WCSC) – The start of another school year is just weeks away, meaning many teens and young adults who picked up a summer job could be leaving that work

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Teresa is saving almost $1,800 on health insurance because of expanded premium assistance rules

On April 1st, President Biden changed the rules regarding premium assistance for health insurance policies through the Affordable Care Act. Teresa, who lives in South Carolina with her husband and children, already had their health insurance from the ACA health insurance marketplace and qualified for premium assistance. But when the new rules went into effect

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SC regulators deny Dominion’s rate plan for future rooftop solar customers

The Post and Courier April 28, 2021 By John McDermott State regulators have denied Dominion Energy’s plan to charge a suite of new fees to future solar-power customers in a ruling that’s being held up as a victory for the rooftop solar industry. The S.C. Public Service Commission issued its decision April 28 after months

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9-city tour to publicize ‘Reform the SBA’ plan

The Florida Times-Union USA TODAY NETWORK April 26, 2021 9-city tour to publicize ‘Reform the SBA’ plan By Steve Patterson Kelly Harris runs restaurants on Jacksonville’s Southside and Frank Knapp Jr. runs business groups in South Carolina. But on frustrations over roadblocks facing small businesses, they’re in the same place. That’s why Knapp, CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber

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Opinion: The American Jobs Plan Will Help Small Businesses, Not Harm Them

Inside Sources, April 13, 2021 Las Vegas Sun, April 15, 2021 Culpepper Star Exponent (Culpepper, VA), April 15, 2021 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), April 15, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan (AJP) is an important step forward for small businesses by providing a clear, bold plan of action to

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Opinion: Selling Santee Cooper is transformational change S.C. deserves

Sumter Daily Item April 13, 2021 By James Felder, Gullah Geechee Leadership Institute Fifty years ago, Isaac Samuel Leevy Johnson, Herbert Fielding and I stepped into the state capitol to take our places as South Carolina’s first Black members of the General Assembly. It was a milestone on a road of transformational change. And, with

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What’s in the American Jobs Plan for South Carolina?

Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets that highlight the urgent need in every state across the country for the investments proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan. The fact sheets highlight the number of bridges and miles of road in each state in poor condition, the percentage of households without access

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