Category: news

July 29, 2019

July 24, 2019

July has been a month all about independent entrepreneurs - with a bill that is getting lots of media attention…

July 24, 2019

Invest in Women Entrepreneurs Initiative (I-WE) publishes first study on what women business owners actually need to grow. By Claudia…

July 16, 2019

Prosperity Now has released the local-level data for their 2019 Scorecard, a comprehensive tool that shows the financial well-being of…

July 15, 2019

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on a 220-197 vote with no Republican…

July 2, 2019

For the 9th year in a row, our friends at MBO Partners published "The State of Independence in America," a…

June 26, 2019

The results of our 2019 Member Survey are in! Thank you to everyone who took the time to give us…

June 19, 2019

Governor Gavin Newsom’s “California for All” State Budget seeks to expand California’s Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC), a move that…

June 12, 2019

In September 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 946 - the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act - which legalized street vending…

June 5, 2019