Small Business News

Small business owners in U.S. tourist spots, including Keith Bradley in Kansas City and Tahoe Sports, say more Americans are traveling close to home this summer and spending locally instead of taking longer, costlier trips.

California farmer Cesar Mora is giving away more than 100,000 pounds of nectarines because a legal fight with Giumarra Brothers Fruit Co. has left him unable to sell the crop.

A city permit says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding is planned for Madison Square Garden in New York City, with events stretching from Thursday night into early Saturday.

David Rubenstein argued that America’s next phase should value volunteerism and “real people, real places” more than the old tech-bro image of success.

A year after the immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods, South Omaha businesses are still struggling, and local leaders say the fallout has not gone away.

A Florida pastor’s son was sentenced in an $8 million Covid relief fraud case, while the pastor’s charges were dropped because he was found incompetent to stand trial.

Realmo launched Rey, an AI assistant that lets users search more than 1 million active U.S. commercial property listings with plain-language questions.

A federal court ruled that President Donald Trump’s new 10% global tariffs were illegal and blocked them for the plaintiffs in the case.

Businesses may start receiving refunds for Trump’s IEEPA tariffs as early as May 11, after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs and the U.S. Court of International Trade began overseeing the refund process.

A federal trade court said companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were illegal.

A federal appeals court refused to delay the start of tariff refund steps after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump’s tariffs.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is hurting the Rio Grande Valley’s construction business, creating tension in a region that backed him in 2024.

Senate Democrats are pushing a plan to force refunds of about $175 billion in Trump tariff money after the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs came from illegal orders.

Mayor Daniel Lurie is using the Super Bowl and a wider business-friendly push to help San Francisco recover from its post-pandemic slump, while Levi Strauss has a historic link to the city’s football boost.

Minnesota saw widespread protests and business closures as people pushed back against an ICE crackdown ordered by President Donald Trump.

Texas lawmakers have put new laws into effect for 2026 that change immigration enforcement, business taxes, eviction rules, and state oversight of AI.

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, cutting 3,200 jobs and putting the town’s economy under severe strain.

Tariffs, inflation, and a weak economy are making holiday shopping harder in 2025, with President Donald Trump’s import taxes raising costs and forcing small retailers like JaZams to adjust.

President Donald Trump is weighing a plan to move marijuana to Schedule III, a change that could ease taxes and research rules but would not fully legalize cannabis.

ICE agents surrounded a Chanhassen construction site, where two men stayed on a roof for hours during a tense immigration standoff in subzero weather.