Awesta Sarkash, public policy director for national advocacy group Small Business Majority’s work in New Mexico, said it could help small businesses with limited resources recruit and retain workers. “Small businesses’ … employees often leave to work at larger businesses, sometimes in other states, undercutting our small-business economy,” she said.
Small Business News
01/24/2024 |
Santa Fe New Mexican
01/22/2024 |
KOB 4
Supporters noted in a recent poll with more than 300 small businesses, 85% said they want a program like this.
01/18/2024 |
Fact Coalition
Watch a full recording of yesterday’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on multinational offshore tax avoidance, featuring remarks from former Treasury official Kimberly Clausing, USW’s Roy Houseman, and Small Business Majority’s John Arensmeyer.
01/13/2024 |
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Between 2015 and 2019, the average increase in the annual cost of prescription drugs rose by 26.3% for Virginians. These costs can be particularly daunting for small business owners who cite health care costs as a key factor that could harm their businesses. Annually, we are forced to make hard decisions in order to continue offering coverage.
01/09/2024 |
KOB 4
“There was a recent poll done with small business owners that show that there’s overwhelming support, I want to say 85% support for this idea,” said Tracy McDaniel, policy advocate with the Southwest Women’s Law Center.
01/08/2024 |
21 Hats Podcast
This week, John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of the advocacy group Small Business Majority, tells us that he senses considerable optimism among the many business owners in his network notwithstanding some concern for looming policy and economic issues. Among those issues, John tells Loren Feldman are: access to capital, the cost of health care and health insurance, relations between franchisors and franchisees, price discrimination against smaller businesses, the burden of the new Corporate Transparency Act, and the upcoming battle over the sunsetting of the Trump tax cuts.
12/23/2023 |
NM State KRWG Public Media
This experience has made me acutely aware of the importance of PFML. As a small business owner, I believe it can provide the peace of mind my employees deserve when life takes an unexpected turn.
12/22/2023 |
Congressman Matt Cartwright
The legislation is endorsed by the Sierra Club, Small Business Majority and Taxpayers for Common Sense.
12/22/2023 |
Politico
Kirk Vartan, owner of the Bay Area pizza shop A Slice of New York, sat in the break room of a wholesale warehouse and started venting about how hard it is for him to buy 7-Up.
12/17/2023 |
Founders First CDC
"Small Business Majority is honored to partner with Founders First Job Creators to help share information on resources small businesses need to thrive," said Josaline Cuesta, California Program Director, Small Business Majority.