On Friday, April 23rd, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Reimagine Main Street and business organization partners will welcome Andy Slavitt, Senior Advisor to the White House COVID-19 Response Team for a conversation about vaccines and the new paid leave tax credit that will offset the cost for…
Small Business Survey
Small Business for America’s Future is conducting a survey to understand the needs of small business owners and the issues impacting their businesses and employees. We value your opinion and appreciate your input! We hope these survey results will empower small business owners to advocate for themselves in the months…
Door cracked open for a business approach to Santee Cooper’s future
Blog by Frank Knapp, President/CEO South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce April 19, 2021 Logic might yet prevail in the SC Senate regarding the future of Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility that provides electricity to about 2 million South Carolinians either directly or through electric cooperatives. Santee Cooper ran…
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…
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…
Commentary: South Carolina’s best chance to fix Santee Cooper is by selling it
Post and Courier April 7, 2021 By Dana Beach If ever there were a question that reveals the wide array of ideological perspectives in South Carolina, it’s whether the state should sell its electric power company, the S.C. Public Service Authority. Santee Cooper is a veritable Rorschach test of economic…
Will SC Senate do its fiduciary obligation?
Blog by Frank Knapp, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce April 6, 2021 The South Carolina legislature’s effort to resolve the future of Santee Cooper continues to move at a glacial pace, years after the V.C. Summer nuclear fiasco that will cost Santee Cooper…
Thousands more business owners, sole proprietors, and small business employees now qualify for Health Insurance Subsidies!
*Premium assistance for health insurance now available for incomes of $340,000* Most small business owners make too much money to qualify for a federal subsidy when buying an health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. The result has been premiums that were often unaffordable. The rules changed on…
Thousands more business owners, sole proprietors, and small business employees now qualify for Health Insurance Subsidies!
***Breaking News*** Most small business owners make too much money to qualify for a federal subsidy when buying an health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. The result has been premiums that were often unaffordable. The rules changed on March 11th!! The cap on income level for premium…
State has big incentive to expand Medicaid to 200,000
Statehouse Report March 26, 2021 By Andy Brack By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | State coffers could get $2.5 billion in new federal funding over two years if lawmakers get over longstanding political objections to expand Medicaid to cover about 200,000 residents without health insurance. At present, many agree…