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Apr 3, 2024 | uschamber.com | Thaddeus Swanek |Mekala Seme |Foxhall Parker |Watson M. McLeish

Intern, Communications For Waggin’ Tails Pet Ranch president and founder Denise Einkauf, pet care is more than job; it’s a calling. When spring break rolls around in Fulshear, Texas, Waggin’ Tails Pet Ranch is the ultimate pet destination, cultivating a home away from home since 2005. As families hit the road for spring break, small businesses like Denise’s are positively impacted by an uptick in the busy season travel.

Apr 2, 2024 | uschamber.com | Watson M. McLeish |Foxhall Parker |Mekala Seme

Washington, D.C. — The Q1 MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index, which measures small business owner confidence, is 62.3—similar to last quarter’s score of 61.3—reflecting a stable business climate. More small businesses see an improving economy, helping to drive the headline score up one point. One in three (32%) small business owners now say the U.S. economy is in good health, up seven percentage points from last quarter.

Mar 22, 2024 | uschamber.com | Mekala Seme |Foxhall Parker

Intern, Communications Hadley Douglas wears several hats in life—mother, wife, member of the U.S. Chamber’s Small Business Council, and CEO of The Urban Grape. Among these roles is a woman creating opportunities for women to thrive in a male-dominated industry.

Mar 14, 2024 | uschamber.com | Foxhall Parker |Mekala Seme |Lindsay Cates |Thomas Sullivan

Vice President, Small Business Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceThis opinion article was published in Newsweek on March 7, 2024. For more than a decade following the 2008 recession, the number of applications filed to start new businesses each year (around 2-3 million) barely kept up with business exits. But ever since the third quarter of 2020, the U.S. has experienced record high levels of new business applications.

Mar 13, 2024 | uschamber.com | Foxhall Parker |Mekala Seme |Lindsay Cates

Dear Member of Congress, The undersigned organizations write urging you to support H.J. Res 116 and S.J. Res 63. These Congressional Review Act resolutions will nullify the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) recently finalized regulation (the “new rule”)1 that sets the enforcement standard DOL will use for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).