Small Business News

| Bloomberg Law

Clothing company Princess Awesome received pro-bono aid in 2025 to file a lawsuit challenging the IEEPA tariffs. But if cofounder and CEO Rebecca Melsky had to hire an attorney today to get the rest of her money back, it wouldn’t be worth it, she said. “We’re certainly not going to pay for outside counsel, because we don’t have enough money to do that,” she said.

| The American Prospect

In addition, numerous small-business groups (including the National Small Business Advocacy Council, American Independent Business Alliance, and Small Business Majority) and local business councils (the state’s Black Chamber of Commerce and local chambers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Stanislaus, Sierra, Sonoma, San Gabriel Valley, Richmond, and the High Desert) are in support.

| The Daily Sentinel

Asked about concerns over the initiative’s potential impact to businesses in the state, Miller said the initiative was recently endorsed by the Small Business Majority, and she pointed to a study by the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) that found that 94% of the revenue from increased corporate taxes would come from non-resident businesses based outside of Colorado.

| Resource Rural

It’s not unusual for Jessi Burg to make a five hour drive to present a business development workshop for just a handful of people. That kind of turnout would hardly seem worth gas money in many places, but in the rural towns where Burg works, a few invested folks is all it takes to make a difference.

| American Economic Liberties Project

Current Break Up Big Medicine Coalition members include Small Business Majority.

| Congressman Bobby Scott

It is supported by Small Business Majority.

| Legis1

A Small Business Majority poll found that of those impacted directly by tariffs, more than half (53 percent) are facing increased costs from their suppliers, with 47 percent having increased the price of certain materials or products.

| Government Technology

The bill is endorsed by groups including the Digital Progress Institute, the Teamsters, Public Knowledge, the Small Business Majority, and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

| Denver Patch

At a time when rising costs are squeezing Colorado small business owners and our employees, we can’t afford to let prices on life-saving medications become increasingly unaffordable. I’m grateful that Colorado policymakers opposed this bill to protect our small business community.

| The New York Times

In a survey conducted in May and early June by the Small Business Majority, a nonprofit, three-quarters of business owners said the increases in fuel and transportation costs had affected them. More than a third said they had frozen hiring because of changes to expenses and other economic conditions this year, and roughly one in 10 had laid off workers.

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