NFIB California Main Street Minute, January 21-24
Welcome to the January 21-24 edition of the NFIB California Main Street Minute from your small-business advocacy team in Sacramento.
Washington State Legislature Begins 2025 Session
State Director Patrick Connor reports from Olympia for the legislative and political week ending January 17
Member Op-Ed: Trump’s First Order of Business: Save Small Business
NFIB Member and Small Business Owner Laurie Sprouse urges President Trump and Congress to make the Small Business Deduction permanent.
NFIB and Texas Association of Business Endorse Bills to Bring Transparency and Accountability to State Health Care Mandates
SB 818 and HB 1906 would create a much-needed process to estimate how proposed legislation could impact the cost of private health coverage for employers and families.
Ohio’s Small Business Community Congratulate Lt. Gov. Jon Husted for His Appointment to the U.S. Senate
Gov. DeWine appointed Husted to the vacated U.S. Senate seat
VIDEO: NFIB’s Holly Wade Discusses Increasing Small Business Optimism on Yahoo! Finance
NFIB Research Center Executive Director Holly Wade joined Brad Smith of Yahoo! Finance to discuss NFIB’s December Small Business Optimism Index.
GA Small Business Owner Urges Congress to Make the 20% Small Business Deduction Permanent
NFIB member Alison Couch urged lawmakers to make the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent.
ICYMI: Small Business Owner Alison Couch Testifies Before U.S. House Ways & Means Committee
Alison Couch, Georgia Small Business Owner and member of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means.
NFIB Reaction to Governor Maura Healey’s 2025 State of the State Address
NFIB Massachusetts State Director Christopher Carlozzi in response to Governor Maura Healey’s 2025 State of the Commonwealth Address this evening
Small Businesses Applaud House Committee for Swift Action on the Earned Sick Time Act and Tipped Wages
HB 4001 and 4002 move out of committee with bipartisan support