small business
Posted May 20, 2021, 9:09 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Unemployment benefits will go up while tax rates will go down, especially for the wealthiest Arizonans, under the budget deal forged by Gov. Doug Ducey and legislative Republican leaders, but questions remain about GOP support for the legislation.... Read more»
Posted Nov 4, 2020, 11:12 am
Lauren Hernandez
/Cronkite News
The proposition would allow districts to hire more teachers and raise salaries of a workforce that is at high risk during the pandemic in a state that consistently ranks low on teacher pay, school funding and student performance.... Read more»
Posted Oct 28, 2020, 1:27 pm
Anthony Wallace
/Cronkite News
Amid a pandemic that has prompted some teachers to leave their profession, Arizonans are considering a proposal to raise taxes for high earners to help schools pay for salary increases and hire more staff. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 24, 2020, 5:03 pm
Christopher Scragg
/Cronkite News
Money could start flowing to distressed small businesses as early as this week, after the House overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion measure that refills the exhausted Paycheck Protection Program and adds funds for hospitals and other services. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2020, 12:50 pm
Tim Ryan
/Courthouse News Service
Replenishment of a federal loan program for small businesses failed to get Senate approval Monday amid a dispute over money for coronavirus testing. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 12, 2014, 8:43 pm
Jamie Killin
/Cronkite News Service
Calling it a response to state regulators bullying small businesses, a lawmaker wants to require agencies to list owners’ rights on their websites and present them prior to any investigation.... Read more»
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Posted Nov 8, 2013, 12:21 pm
Robert Farley
/Factcheck.org
House Speaker John Boehner announced his opposition to a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity with a statement from his spokesman saying the bill “will increase frivolous litigation and cost American jobs, especially small business jobs.” But the facts suggest there’s not as much to these claims as Boehner lets on.... Read more»
Posted Sep 20, 2013, 9:41 am
Peter Haden
/Cronkite News Service
An arrangement common among immigrants is known in the Latino community as a tanda or cundina, meaning roughly “taking a turn” or “doing a circle.” For some participants, money pools are a way of raising capital. Others use them to save. But for all who participate, the arrangements transcend economics to bind a community where reputation is as valuable as cash.... Read more»
Posted Nov 15, 2012, 3:23 pm
Robert Farley
/Factcheck.org
In press conferences on the so-called fiscal cliff, House Speaker John Boehner greatly exaggerated the negative effect on the economy of raising taxes on upper-income individuals.... Read more»
Posted Nov 6, 2012, 10:40 pm
Sophia Solis
/Cronkite News Service
Voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to reduce taxes many businesses pay on property ranging from machinery to desks.... Read more»
Posted Jun 1, 2012, 8:21 am
Brandon Ross
/Cronkite News Service
Phoenix accountant Thala Rolnick told a House committee Thursday that, whatever Congress does with the estate tax, it needs to make sure the law is clear and consistent so small-business owners can plan their estates.... Read more»
Posted Apr 23, 2012, 8:24 am
Cale Ottens
/Cronkite News Service
Local First Arizona is trying to reach Spanish speakers through Fuerza Local — Spanish for Local Force — in an effort to attract more shoppers from the Latino community to buy locally.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 14, 2012, 11:35 am
Devin McIntyre
/Cronkite News Service
At Arizona State University, student-entrepreneurs are getting help with funding to further start-up companies through the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative.... Read more»
Posted Apr 5, 2012, 2:59 pm
Samantha Stainburn
/Global Post
President Barack Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which is designed to give fast-growing startups a boost.... Read more»
Posted Mar 28, 2012, 10:32 am
Connor Radnovich
/Cronkite News Service
Businesses and business groups in Arizona have widely come out in opposition to the health care law being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2012, 6:12 pm
Amanda Sedberry
/Arizona Sonora News Service
In a slumping economy, Arizona small businesses have a modern trick up their sleeves: social media.... Read more»