Spartanburg Herald-Journal September 10, 2021 By Bob Montgomery Business leaders said Friday they plan to review President Biden’s announced COVID-19 vaccination requirements before enacting any mandates. On Thursday, President Biden unveiled a sweeping six-part plan to fight COVID outbreaks that ordered all federal employees and employees of government contractors must be…
Guest Column: SC Small Business Chamber’s Real Track Record
A response to FITSNews commentary on voting rights legislation … FITSNews September 4, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. I want to thank Will Folks for his recent commentary (8-23-2021) on the SC Small Business Chamber’s support for voting rights legislation. While we might have differences of opinion, he did…
Kingdom Living Temple partners with South Carolina Small Business Chamber to offer COVID-19 relief program info
Florence Morning News September 1, 2021 By Matthew Christian FLORENCE, S.C. – A local religious organization partnered with the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce to offer an information session on aid programs made available through the federal COVID-19 relief bills. The Kingdom Living Temple’s community development nonprofit, New Alpha,…
Knapp column: Biden executive order helps level playing field for South Carolina small businesses
The Lancaster News August 27, 2021 Frank Knapp Jr. is co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future and president/CEO to the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce. The July 9 announcement from the Biden Administration on a new executive order aimed at increasing competition in the marketplace is welcome news…
Lawsuit contends ending benefits hurt workers and the SC economy
Lexington County Chronicle August 26, 2021 A business group wants federal unemployment benefits reinstated. SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has approved the filing of a friend of the court brief challenging the legality of the state ending federal unemployment benefits. Gov. Henry McMaster and Daniel Ellzey, SC Department…
Brief filed detailing economic and small business harm from early ending of federal pandemic unemployment benefits in SC
Press Release Contact: Marie Claire Tran-Leung Shriver Center on Poverty Law 312-307-3467 marieclairetran@povertylaw.org Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC, August 26, 2021—Today Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty for the South Carolina Supreme Court, approved the filing of an Amicus Brief supporting a…
Some shoppers welcome mask requirements as businesses update COVID guidance
WIS-TV August 18, 2021 Watch Video By Nick Neville COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The Department for Health and Environmental Control released data Wednesday that showed one in five people tested for COVID-19 in the last week were positive. Due to data like this and the transmissibility of the delta variant, a…
Statewide chamber calls for passage of voting rights legislation Supports Senate filibuster carveout
PRESS RELEASE August 17, 2021 Contact: Frank Knapp 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC–Today the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) announced its support of voting rights legislation in the US Senate. The 21-year-old chamber also is supporting a Senate filibuster carveout for Constitutional issues, like voting rights, as proposed…
Small business leaders in South Carolina signed on to national letter urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Jared Thompson jared@smallbusinessforamericasfuture.org (260) 797-2530 More than 500 small business leaders across the country and in South Carolina joined Small Business for America’s Future sent a letter early this morning. telling Senate and House members that infrastructure investment is key to economic recovery…
Opinion: South Carolina Dreamers, businesses share common goal for DACA recipients
The State August 8, 2021 BY TAHERA ATTARWALA AND FRANK KNAPP JR. We, the authors of this op-ed, are two very different people. One is a 21-year-old woman of color born in India. When she was only one year old her parents immigrated to the U.S. under a business visa…