Digital Tools: The Key to Small Business Resilience in Today’s Economy

[Note: This opinion piece was initially published by the Butler Eagle on May 2, 2024.] I’m a small-business owner who employs 40 people in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, policymakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., are considering new regulations that would seriously disrupt my business.  Here’s the back story. In 2014, I started a home decor business, Sweet…

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan loves to talk about how the federal government is taking on big bad retailer Amazon, which she says is engaging in anticompetitive trickery to maintain monopoly power. The tale of Amazon’s badness is one Khan has been peddling for nearly a decade. It’s also the basis for the…

Augusta, ME (April 10, 2024): Maine small business leaders expressed concern and disappointment at the consideration of Legislative Document 1977 and House Paper 1270, legislation that would regulate how businesses collect and use data to find customers, grow, and succeed. Recognizing the bill’s good intentions, the business leaders said data collection and usage restrictions would…