June 13, 2019

NSBA Fly-In: The White House, Capitol and More

On Monday, June 10, small-business leaders from across the country converged on Washington, D.C. as part of NSBA’s annual Washington Presentation. The event featured a procurement and cybersecurity panel discussion, the annual Advocate of the Year Award luncheon, a White House briefing, a lobbying tutorial, the Congressional Breakfast and culminated with the small-business owners disseminating on Capitol Hill to...

June 12, 2019

NSBA Announces Winners for Advocate of the Year Award

NSBA has announced the winners for the 2019 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year Award. The award winners were recognized during NSBA’s Annual Advocate of the Year Award Luncheon on Monday, June 10, with Calvin Mills, Jr., CEO of CMC Technology Solutions and SLT Technology, Inc in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as the...

May 31, 2019

Trump Calls for Tariffs on Mexican Imports

Yesterday, President Trump announced plans to impose a five percent tariff on all goods entering the U.S. from Mexico unless Mexico addresses the flow of illegal immigration coming to the U.S. Absent action by Mexico, the tariffs would begin June 10 and could increase to 25 percent by early-October. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mexico’s deputy foreign minister...

May 22, 2019

White House Briefing Confirmed

NSBA has confirmed a high level White House Briefing as part of our upcoming Washington Presentation on June 10-11 in Washington, D.C. Space is VERY limited.

May 22, 2019

US, Canada, Mexico Deal on Tariffs

Recently, the U.S., Canada and Mexico announced an agreement to remove tariffs for steel and aluminum imports, a major step forward on approval of the USMCA.

May 22, 2019

Equality Act Passes the House

On May 17, the House advanced Rep. David Cicilline’s (D-R.I.) Equality Act (H.R. 5), which would extend federal anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans in housing, employment, credit, and federally funded programs, among other areas.