2020 brings higher labor costs for small businesses
A look at a handful of the 2020 changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations from minimum wage to plastic bag bans.
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This Kansas program links a company’s past to its future
Transitioning a business to a new owner has its challenges. But a program run by the business school at the University of Kansas aims to match those seeking to sell their companies with potential buyers seeking business opportunities. Peter Tubbs…
Will small businesses benefit from the new tax law?
Many small business owners appear poised to benefit from the tax bill that Congress passed late last year.
Get out and vote, small business owners tell employees
Small business owners who want to make it easy for their staffers to vote are giving them flex time, balloting breaks, or, like Hollywood, opening late.
Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors.
Low-wage workers around the nation went out in protest on April 15, demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour. A few big corporations have begun raising their pay, but some critics say a major hike would hurt employers and…
In Boston, brutal winter weather shuttered schools, offices and businesses for days at a time. While some may have welcomed the snow days, some hourly workers faced the choice between giving up a day of wages or making the grueling,…
Since the financial crisis, small business lending by banks has declined substantially according to federal data. The value of loans of less than $100k is down by more than 18 percent since 2008. But while banks have pulled back, new…
Did the federal government do enough to protect small businesses after the banks they relied on collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis? Correspondent Rick Karr investigates what the FDIC did with the assets it took over.
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