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LISTEN: NFIB State Director Discusses Inflation, Fuel Costs

March 14, 2022 Last Edit: June 5, 2025

LISTEN: NFIB State Director Discusses Inflation, Fuel Costs

State Director Dawn McVea appeared on WWL First News with Tommy Tucker today to discuss the impact of inflation on the state’s small businesses. “There’s a lot of small business owners that have fleets … and, yeah, it’s impacting them,” McVea said. “It’s very frustrating times right now. To be on the other side of COVID, to be fighting this labor shortage, fighting supply chain issues, and then for inflation to just be soaring … and on top of that, gas prices,” she said. “We do hope that we get some relief soon.” Click here to listen.

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