New Survey Finds Small Businesses Plan to Hire Fewer Workers This Year
A national survey released today confirms the economy continues to teeter between recovery and further losses. Although a handful of economic indicators have pointed towards positive momentum, it seems...
View ArticleA ‘Disappointing’ Jobs Report Echoed in Local Unemployment Numbers
U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended. The unemployment rate was...
View ArticleSmall Business Optimism Continues to Slide amid Regulatory Tide
Some unsettling—yet not surprising—numbers were released yesterday from NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index. The report, which gauges the outlook of the small business community, found that...
View ArticlePittsburgh Post-Gazette: Economic uncertainty has hurt small businesses
Contrary to the promises four years ago, America’s economy remains a major problem. The president’s vow to fundamentally change the way Washington works has resulted in corporate welfare for the...
View ArticleStop the Tidal Wave Effort Grabs National and Local Attention
Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations launched their latest regulatory reform effort called “Stop the Tidal Wave.” This effort focuses on a potential tidal wave of costly federal regulations over...
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Pennsylvania Takes Center Stage in Effort to Stop Obama Administration...
For Immediate Release August 2, 2012 Contact: Kevin Shivers,717.232.8582 Pennsylvania Takes Center Stage in Effort to Stop Obama Administration Regulatory Tidal Wave Effort Mobalizing Against...
View ArticleWashington Times: Alford: Regulatory Tidal Wave is Swamping Small Business
The U.S. economy is teetering between progress and regression. As businesses work to overcome staggering odds, many of which are imposed by Washington, each step forward seems to be met by two in the...
View ArticleReuters: Unemployment rates rise in US election swing states
Unemployment rates rose in July from June in almost all U.S. states, including those where the presidential election fight is expected to be fiercest, according to data released on Friday by the Labor...
View ArticlePA Farm Owner Discusses Impact of Complex Regulations on Business
This week, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Vice President Rick Ebert hosted a roundtable at his business, Ebert Farms, with Senator Ward, NFIB Pennsylvania Director Kevin Shivers, and other small business...
View ArticlePittsburgh Tribune Live: Westmoreland farmers tell state senator about burden...
The ever-increasing number of federal and state conservation regulations is hurting the livelihoods of Westmoreland County farmers, state Sen. Kim Ward was told on Tuesday. Ward, a Hempfield Township...
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