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A look back on our advocacy efforts throughout the month of April PAC Endorsements SBAM’s Small Biz Political Action Committee (PAC) released their first round of endorsements for the 2022 […]
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May 6, 2022
May 4, 2022
Small Biz PAC Endorses First Round of 2022 Michigan House and Senate Candidates
LANSING, MI – The Small Business Association of Michigan’s Small Biz PAC today announced its first round of candidate endorsements for the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate. “Small […]
May 3, 2022
Out-Of-State Contributors Boost Election Proposal Fundraising
Promote the Vote 2022, the constitutional amendment proposal that would allow voters without an ID to vote with an affidavit and creates an early voting system in Michigan, has spent […]
May 3, 2022
Senate Wants $2B Tax Cut; House $1B As Chambers Prepare To Pass Budgets
Republicans have promised to deliver worthwhile tax relief in the age of ascending inflation and costly necessities, and GOP senators hope a $2 billion “tax cut” allowance will help them […]
April 19, 2022
Heads Are Going To Roll; Oversight Panel To Subpoena Ex UIA Director
Members of a joint House and Senate Oversight committee announced Wednesday they would be issuing subpoenas to have former Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) Director Steve Gray appear to answer questions […]
April 19, 2022
Gov Signs Bill To Help Unemployment Agency Track Fraud, Lower Cost
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Monday to crack down on unemployment fraud and lower the cost of unemployment for small businesses in Michigan. HB 5525 adds $139.8 million to the Unemployment Compensation […]
April 13, 2022
SBAM is Your Trusted Source for Pro-Small Business Political Endorsements
Originally featured in SBAM’s FOCUS Magazine It’s no secret that 2022 brings with it a politically charged, contentious election season. This fact, coupled with newly redistricted maps for the State […]
April 12, 2022
SBAM Applauds the Passing of Pro-Small Business Legislation
Legislation was signed yesterday that SBAM worked diligently on, which deposits $100 million more into the Unemployment Compensation Fund. This is the latest in a series of deposits to ensure […]
April 12, 2022
U.S. Senate Confirms First Black Woman To High Court
Three Republican Senators joined all 50 Democrats Thursday to confirm federal appeals judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cheers greeted Jackson as the 53-47 vote was announced, making her […]
April 12, 2022
Biden’s Bad Numbers May Not Mean Red Wave
New national polling data suggests Democrats have every reason in the world to believe that their president is a drag on the mid-term election for them, but the suggestion that […]
April 11, 2022
Michigan and small businesses can’t afford a Line 5 shutdown
Opinion piece by SBAM President & CEO Brian CalleyOriginally featured in Bridge Magazine | April 4, 2022 We have record high energy prices and somehow there is still a debate […]
March 28, 2022
More Than 60% Support Suspending Gas Taxes
More than 60% of voters support suspending both the state and federal gas tax, according to new Marketing Resource Group (MRG) polling. The March 18-21 survey of 604 likely Michigan voters […]
March 28, 2022
$4.8B Water, Infrastructure Bills on the Way to Gov
The House and Senate gave its blessings Thursday to a colossal water infrastructure and quality-of-life supplemental, sending the $4.8 billion spending bills to the governor’s office in the hopes the […]
March 25, 2022
Hey Alexa, what’s happening in Lansing?
Budget Conversations Moving Governor Whitmer and the Legislature came to an agreement on a $4.8B supplemental, $3.9B is federal COVID-19 recovery funds and $955.4M is from the Infrastructure Investment and […]
March 22, 2022
UIA Hired Embezzlers, Known Crooks During COVID
More than 5,500 Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) staff members were not given a criminal background check before they were brought on board, and according to an audit released Friday […]
March 22, 2022
Whitmer Vetoes Gas Tax, Income Tax Cuts; Suggests Pausing Sales Tax On Gas
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed both the $2.5 billion income tax cut and the $750 million gas tax pause Friday afternoon, writing in her letter that she wants to work with […]
March 15, 2022
House Votes To Suspend State’s Gas Tax For 6 Months
Michigan’s 27.2-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax would be suspended for six months in an attempt to lower gas prices amid the price surge caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, under legislation House […]
March 15, 2022
GOP Legislators Demand Energy Independence, More Gas Drilling, Line 5 Safeguards
Senate and House Republicans passed non-binding resolutions calling Wednesday on the United States and Michigan to ramp up domestic oil and gas drilling and to safeguard Line 5 oil pipeline […]
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