“Legislation that narrows the circumstances under which non-compete agreements can be used would be a win for small businesses because It's clear that non-competes stifle small business growth. In fact, our research revealed that more than 33% of small business owners were prevented from hiring an employee due to a non-compete agreement, and nearly 50% said that they have been subject to a non-compete agreement that prevented them from starting or growing a business of their own.
Small Business News
09/03/2025 |
Senator Chris Murphy
09/03/2025 |
Marketplace
Andrea Deutsch expects to pay more than twice as much for health insurance next year. The 57-year-old calculates she’ll have to shell out more than $1,400 a month for coverage. “As a Type 1 diabetic, I can't go without health insurance,” Deutsch said. She owns a pet store outside of Philadelphia and recently got a letter from her insurer that premiums are going up next year. Insurers say they are hiking prices for several reasons including rising costs for care and drugs, tariffs, and because Congress is poised to let generous tax credits expire.
09/02/2025 |
Representative Gabe Vasquez
“It's encouraging to see lawmakers offering a solution to the significant challenges the current immigration enforcement policies are creating for our nation’s small businesses,” said David Chase, Vice President of the Small Business Majority, which provides leadership for the national small business coalition Secure Growth Initiative.
09/01/2025 |
The Business Journals
A new Voice of Main Street survey by the Small Business Majority Network found that 81% of small businesses are concerned about the impact of tariffs, and 31% have already or are planning to raise prices. But in turn, 60% of businesses themselves have seen higher prices. About 26% of the surveyed businesses import goods from other countries, while 45% say they buy from American suppliers who import from other countries.
08/25/2025 |
Associated Press
Business owner Shirley Modlin worries about marketplace price hikes. She can’t afford to provide coverage for the roughly 20 employees at 3D Design and Manufacturing in Powhatan, Virginia, so she reimburses them $350 a month for coverage they buy. Modlin knows her reimbursement only covers a slice of what her workers pay. She worries another price hike might push some to look for work at a bigger company that offers benefits.
08/21/2025 |
DC Journal
Small businesses need affordable health plans instead of deceptive gimmicks that expand access to riskier and inadequate coverage options. Rather than undermining the small group market, Congress should support it by extending premium tax credits to prevent a drastic premium hike for many businesses and their employees.
08/20/2025 |
Politico
Small Business Majority, a national small business organization, released its most recent Voice of Main Street survey results on Wednesday, which found that the vast majority of respondents were concerned about tariffs and had experienced increased costs for imported materials and goods. As a result of tariff policies, 31 percent of respondents said they increased prices of certain materials or products.
08/19/2025 |
Colorado Newsline
Hunter Nelson, the Colorado director of the nonprofit Small Business Majority, said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act “disproportionately helps the wealthiest businesses.” Small Business Majority advocates for its network of about 4,200 Colorado small businesses, which operate in several industries including food services and marketing. “We’re continuing to see a lack of bottom-up tax relief benefits for small businesses,” Nelson said…The Medicaid cuts, which take effect in 2027, will put an estimated 377,000 Coloradans at risk of Medicaid disenrollment.
08/11/2025 |
Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois can blunt these systemic harms by: improving paid family leave and strengthening its care economy; fortifying its health navigator program, since Illinois Medicaid tracks the self-employed; leveraging approved SBA loans with microgrants for building purchases in either HubZones, opportunity zones, or Illinois’ equity investment-eligible areas to ease loan fees and attract small businesses to underserved areas primed to grow through public-private partnerships with groups like Intersect Illinois; and, fairly funding these measures with graduated income tax reform.
08/08/2025 |
Oregon Live
Alexis D’Amato, director of government affairs at Small Business Majority, a national organization that supports small businesses, said many such organizations have seen their federal backing disappear. “Right now the MBDA is pretty much hamstrung,” D’Amato said. “There’s nothing that they’re really doing right now. All of the staff that I knew are either gone out of the government service or have moved to another role in commerce.”