Polling Locations Are Decreasing While Small Businesses Are Heavily Affected During COVID-19 Outbreak

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2020 Polling “Supersites” Will Create Social Density And Makes In-Person Voting Harder. Nashville, Tenn — Today, Lenda Sherrell , state director of Tennessee Small Business Alliance, issued the following statement on Voter Precinct Consolidation during the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are in unprecedented times. Many small business owners in Tennessee are…

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Gov. Lee Unveils Block Grant Proposal

Gov. Lee’s block grant approach is a business model, not what’s best for Tennesseans “Gov. Lee’s Medicaid block grant proposal is clearly a business model. While Lee was a small business owner in the past, he is no longer just a business owner. He is now a public servant who is responsible for the health…

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Gov. Lee, From One Business Owner To Another: “Veto The Voter Registration Bill”

Gov. Lee Must Reject this Anti-Democratic Bill That Discourages Voter Participation and Hurts Small Businesses Phil Cobucci, TNSBA Board Member and local small business owner, released the following statement calling on Governor Bill Lee to veto the controversial voter registration bill (Senate Bill 0971 / House Bill 1079). This bill would make it harder for…

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Rep. Blackburn Is Wrong on What Benefits Our Small Businesses

In response to Representative Marsha Blackburn’s latest campaign ad, Lenda Sherrell, state director of the Tennessee Small Business Alliance, released the following statement: “The tax law passed by Representative Marsha Blackburn is a giveaway for the rich, not small businesses. Rep. Blackburn’s vote for the law will cost our country more than $1.5 trillion over…

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TVA Rate Hike Fact Sheet

Get the Facts: TVA’s Plan to Increase Rates on Small Business Owners While Giving Handouts to Big Industry by the Tennessee Small Business Alliance & the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy   What’s going on? TVA is proposing changes to our rate structure that will mean more mandatory fees and higher monthly bills for small…

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“Junk” Health Plans Bad for Tennesseans

A panel assembled by the Tennessee Small Business Alliance said Tuesday partisan efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act will be devastating to the poorest and sickest Tennesseans.  – Johnson City Press, Robert Houck Dr. Eric Harman, a physician who practices at Mountain Region Family Medicine in Kingsport, told reporters on a conference call that…

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