Contact Elected Officials on Harmful Business ProposalsMark Brewer, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, last week proposed several new ballot initiatives that will increase the cost of running your business. Since then, business groups across …
The Wall Street Journal reports today that "Support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance." Read more here.Learn more about SBAM's stance …
Perks matter, according to a new Health2Resources’ survey of workplace wellness incentive programs. Of the 372 small, medium and large companies surveyed, 64% use incentives for some kind of employee health, wellness or disease-management …
The National Small Business Association (NSBA), SBAM’s national affiliate, reports that with health care reform deliberations stalled in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the delayed release of a Senate Finance Committee bill, President …
The U.S. Senate passed July 24 a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would temporarily reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program through September 30. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to follow suit this …
This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Director of Government Relations Mike Batterbee about how small business owners can fight recent proposals to boost the minimum wage and mandate health insurance …
This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about Democratic party proposals for minimum wage hikes, health insurance mandates and more. The weekly Small Business Champion …
SBAM's Vice President Dave Palsrok appears on WLAJ Ch3 News and criticizes proposed Democratic ballot plans that would create a $10/hour minimum wage, mandate that all small businesses provide health insurance to their workers and …
SBAM's national affiliate, the National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released the 2009 Mid-Year Economic Report. The report illustrates a small-business community barely hanging on in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the …
Small business health insurance expert and past SBAM chair Gary Kushner (Kushner and Company, Kalamazoo) appeared on WWMT-TV (west Michigan) news to comment on federal health insurance reform proposals and their potential impact on small …
Sixteen percent of high-impact, high-tech firms have at least one immigrant founder, according to a study released today by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Although these firms are concentrated in …
Excerpt from today's (7/16/09) article in The Washington Times "Health care bill would deliver pre-Reagan tax rates -- small-business owners warn of impact""That tax is going to be paid for by something, that's going to …
Our show this week is a rebroadcast of a live program we did July 9 on BlogTalkRadio with Dave Palsrok, vice president government relations, and Mike Batterbee, director of government relations, where we talked about …
Standing united in opposition to a proposed expansion of Michigan's 100 percent employer-financed unemployment insurance system (HBs 4785-86), SBAM and over 1,000 Michigan job providers, employing hundreds of thousands of workers, recently signed a letter …
Access to credit, a top issue for small businesses in the current climate, is the focus of a new compendium of studies sponsored by the Office of Advocacy. The structure of small business financial markets …
SBAM supports Senate action that cuts $1.2 billion from Michigan’s proposed 2009-2010 state government budget. “Small business owners across this state have been forced to make difficult cuts within their business operations and it is …
This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about the exciting new tools in SBAM's redesigned Action Center at sbam.org. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast …
“We are planning to use the power of this new Web site to dramatically grow our membership and our legislative clout, and provide new tools that SBAM members can use to influence the legislative process,” …