A scientific opinion poll released today shows that an overwhelming majority of North Carolina small companies support a national paid family and medical leave program funded by a combination of employee and employer contributions.
Press Releases
Press Release Date:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Eighty-two percent of North Carolina small employers favor a national program funded by both employee and employer contributions
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance, Paid Sick Leave, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Ninety percent of South Carolina small employers favor a national program funded by both employee and employer contributions
A scientific opinion poll released today shows that an overwhelming majority of South Carolina small companies support a national paid family and medical leave program funded by a combination of employee and employer contributions.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance, Paid Sick Leave, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Nearly 80% of small employers favor a national program funded by both employee and employer contributions; small business support for these programs has grown in recent years
Washington, D.C.— A scientific opinion poll released today shows that an overwhelming majority of small companies support a national paid family and medical leave program funded by a combination of employee and employer contributions.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance, Paid Sick Leave
Press Release Date:
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Small Business Majority (SBM) announced today that Tarsha Hearns is joining SBM as Vice President, Entrepreneurship.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Statement from Small Business Majority Founder & CEO John Arensmeyer on the need for immediate congressional action to replenish SBA disaster loan resources
“With the U.S. Small Business Administration's disaster loan program out of money, small businesses destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton are now facing a man-made catastrophe due to congressional inaction. Since Congress is in recess until after the election, small businesses are left to fend for themselves despite the fact that the White House sounded the alarm weeks ago to warn that SBA funds were running dangerously low.
Topic(s):
Access to Capital, Government Accountability
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Survey shows that women and minority entrepreneurs are receiving critical benefits that saved their businesses from shutting down in some cases
Washington, D.C.— An opinion poll released today revealed that nearly 30% of women- and BIPOC-owned small businesses have benefited from some form of government-administered, demographically targeted assistance program.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Minority entrepreneurship, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Statement from Rachel Shanklin, Georgia Director and National Women’s Entrepreneurship Director for Small Business Majority, on a Fulton County court’s declaration that Georgia’s highly restrictive abortion ban is unenforceable
“Having recently experienced blow after blow to their reproductive autonomy, women small business owners in Georgia are grateful that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney so forcefully rejected Georgia’s six-week abortion ban.
Topic(s):
Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Statement from John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, on why a Kentucky district judge’s decision to partially block the U.S. Department of Transportation from allocating money to women- and minority-owned businesses has the potential to devastate disadvantaged entrepreneurs
“The recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to partially block the U.S. Department of Transportation from investing in women- and minority-owned businesses is a potentially devastating blow to our nation’s smallest firms, many of which are already struggling to grow their businesses.
Topic(s):
General Small Business, Minority entrepreneurship, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Organizations will work together to meet the needs of the small business community across the Great Lakes region through resources, technical assistance and events that will help more entrepreneurs access capital
Minneapolis — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Great Lakes Regional Office and Small Business Majority today signed a strategic alliance memorandum (SAM) that outlines ways in which the two organizations will work together to further support, uplift and expand entrepreneurship throughout the Great Lakes region.
Topic(s):
Access to Capital
Press Release Date:
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Small business owners view the current tax landscape as skewed in favor of big businesses, and they support changes that would establish a standard deduction on the first $25,000 in business income
Washington, D.C. — An opinion poll released today found that small business owners want lawmakers with the power to overhaul our nation’s tax code to focus on benefits that would help the smallest businesses rather than handing out the largest tax breaks to the wealthiest companies.
Topic(s):
Tax and Budget Reform