May 22, 2022 Last Thursday Senators Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse took to the U.S. Senate floor to argue for a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. The funds will enable the U.S. to continue to militarily help Ukraine fight against the Russian invasion as well as provide…
Webinar: $0-dollar premium health insurance still available for qualified employees
Webinar: $0-dollar premium health insurance still available for qualified employees New affordable option to replace group plan also available Join us on Friday, May 20th, at 1PM to learn how your qualified employees can still benefit from the federal Health Insurance Marketplace even though the open enrollment period is over.…
Business and Liberal Democracy
April 28, 2022 Business and Liberal Democracy By Mike Shesterkin Read the entire piece here. (T)the term liberal, as used here, means human beings are independent and free to adopt worldviews and act upon them The word democracy, or democratic, comes to us from the Greek. It means, quite…
Opinion: Thriving economy, improved environment need well-functioning democracy
WIS Politics.com April 28, 2022 Opinion: Thriving economy, improved environment need well-functioning democracy By John Imes Democracy in Wisconsin is under attack by autocratic forces. Their victory will spell doom for a more sustainable economy and environment. The threat comes from the continued onslaught of hyper-partisan redistricting, plus restrictions on…
SBAF Co-Chair to Testify Before Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Policy on Importance of Affordable Childcare to Small Business
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Conan Knollconan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 SBAF Co-Chair to Testify Before Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Policy on Importance of Affordable Childcare to Small Business Today, Small Business for America Co-Chair Walt Rowen will testify before the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing and…
Small Business Group: Small business owners support measures to ensure corporations pay their fair share of taxes, level playing field for Main Street Entrepreneurs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Conan Knollconan@emccommunications.com(831) 524-6764 Small Business Group: Small business owners support measures to ensure corporations pay their fair share of taxes, level playing field for Main Street Entrepreneurs Statement by Small Business For America’s Future Co-Chair Anne Zimmerman urging lawmakers to level the playing field for small…
Small Business Group: EXIM’s Make More in America initiative is a welcome and innovative approach to helping small business manufacturing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Conan Knollconan@emccommunications.com(831) 524-6764 Small Business Group: EXIM’s Make More in America initiative is a welcome and innovative approach to helping small business manufacturing Statement by Small Business for America’s Future Co-Chair Walt Rowen, CEO of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Pennsylvania, about the EXIM bank making financing available to…
Higher inflation deflates optimism among small business owners, an NFIB study shows
Post and Courier April 14, 2022 Higher inflation deflates optimism among small business owners, an NFIB study shows By Jodi Shafto jshafto@postandcourier.com The number of small businesses that say inflation is their single most crucial problem is at 31 percent, the biggest share since the first quarter of 1981 —…
Second-chance program gives former inmates, Lewis Tree Service shots at success
Florence Morning News March 23, 2022 FLORENCE – A unique public-private workforce effort neared a milestone Tuesday as participants in the inaugural Energy Industry Second Chance Pilot Program wrapped up on-the-job training and prepared to re-enter the workforce fulltime. The program is designed to keep former inmates from returning to…
Pilot program offers careers for convicted felons in South Carolina
WPDE ABC 15 March 22, 2022 Pilot program offers careers for convicted felons in South Carolina by Tonya Brown PEE DEE, S.C. (WPDE) — The ‘Energy Industry Second Chance Pilot Program’ is an initiative designed to help people who were incarcerated to gainful employment or reentry into the workforce while…