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A Juneteenth bus tour highlights small Black-owned businesses
For Juneteenth Congresswoman Kathy Castor did a bus tour to visit a few local Black-owned businesses in St.Petersburg. The tour was to help highlight how small businesses are not being seen enough. The first stop...
The Scoop: Tues. April 15, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF
Round up of WMNF news headlines including Trump tariffs, Gulf of America, and tax cuts proposal.
Tampa small business owners express concern over Trump tariffs
Listen: Local business leaders are concerned about how tariffs will impact their bottom line. U.S. Representative Kathy Castor hosted them in a roundtable Monday. Around 10 business owners and entrepreneurs in food, manufacturing, and other...
Federal agency extends deadline to apply for hurricane-related loans
Listen: Floridians affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton now have more time to apply for disaster assistance. The U.S. Small Business Administration extended the deadline for a loan to aid those affected by the disasters. ...
Volunteers give back to community by cleaning up local farm
Bay area residents would usually be able to attend the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm every other Sunday. But since Hurricane Milton, the farm put visitations on hold. With Milton’s storm surge and heavy winds on...
No labor shortage for Florida woman who pays employees $15 an hour
One Florida business owner is saying labor shortage? What labor shortage? Valhalla Resale in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood said its number of applicants doubled while the federal unemployment assistance blamed for creating a hiring crisis...
Thursday August 31 2017 Will President Trump’s proposed tax cuts help small business in the U.S.? Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday President Trump gave a speech in Missouri- calling for Congress to pass...
Report: offshore banking by big business puts the tax burden on the rest of us
Report: offshore banking by big business puts the tax burden on the rest.Yesterday afternoon at a conference in St Pete a report was released in which companies in the US, particularly Florida, are the beneficiaries...
Alex Sink works to secure loans for small businesses
Today more than a dozen small business owners gathered to hear financial advice form the state’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. At the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Sink heard some of their struggles and...
