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| December 25, 2020 | Trump Admin Grants Florida Permitting Authority over Wetlands | It was an early Christmas present for Florida contractors when the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided last week to grant the state of Florida permitting authorit ...Read more |
| December 24, 2020 | Minority Businesses Stand to Benefit From New PPP Rules, Pilot Program | In addition to earmarks meant to help minority businesses secure forgivable loans, new legislation passed by Congress creates a pilot program to help foster small businesses owners around historica ...Read more |
| December 23, 2020 | Congress Votes to Fund the Space Force as Contracting Opportunities Arise | On Monday, the US Congress passed its annual omnibus bill, giving the new Space Force military branch $15.2 billion dollars in funding. As the Space Force continues to take shape, we can expect ne ...Read more |
| December 21, 2020 | What Your Small Business Needs to Know About the New Stimulus Package | Congress is poised to pass a 5,593-page economic stimulus bill. As Contractor News continues to examine the massive document, we wanted to present some highlights from the bill pertaining to small ...Read more |
| December 18, 2020 | One in Six US Restaurants Have Closed Down — Moms-and-Pops Suffer Much Worse than Chains | The US restaurant industry is undergoing an earthquake. Rather than small restaurants surviving through a hibernation (or a partial hibernation) during corona — backed by unprecedented amounts of ...Read more |
| December 11, 2020 | Leading Construction Management App Offers Free Training, Discounts to MBEs | Procore Technologies, Inc. is partnering with the non-profit U.S. Minority Contractors Association (USMCA) to offer free training and discounts on the Procore app to minority-owned business enterpr ...Read more |
| December 9, 2020 | US Cuts Tariffs on Exceptionally Expensive Canadian Lumber in Half | The U.S. Commerce Department seems to have followed the age-old adage “measure twice, cut once” in its decision earlier this month to reduce tariffs on Canadian lumber from 20 percent to 9 perc ...Read more |
| December 7, 2020 | Funding for 56 Infrastructure Projects Approved in California | The California Transportation Commission announced on Wednesday they would inject $2 billion into 56 new infrastructure projects. These projects are expected to create more than 100,000 jobs. ...Read more |
| December 1, 2020 | Rep. Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) Introduces VETs Act to Help Veteran-Owned Businesses Thrive | On Veterans Day, U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) introduced the Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents Act (VETs). The VETs Act raises the federal government contracting goal for servi ...Read more |
| December 4, 2020 | Congress Weighs Watered-Down Stimulus, as New PPP Failures Revealed | This week, new flaws in the Payment Protection Program (PPP) have come to light thanks to a lawsuit forcing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to release troves of data on the program. Meanwhi ...Read more |