Policy Agenda
Local Small Business Owners Urge Senators in Washington to Put the Health and Safety of Tennesseans First
Revelations of Statewide Water Contamination Prove Necessity for Clean Water and Air Protections NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On a statewide press call, small business owners in Nashville, Monteagle, and Memphis called on Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker to prioritize the health of Tennessee communities so their business can continue to thrive. Speakers addressed the dangers…
Read MoreTNSBA Calls on Members of Congress to Support Renewal of Critical Health Programs in Any Continuing Resolution on February 8
As part of a coalition of advocates for health care, TNSBA has signed a joint letter to our Members of Congress. We are calling on our elected officials to support the renewal of programs which ensure that Tennesseans from every income level have access to high quality health care across the state, because small business…
Read MoreTN Small Business Alliance Responds to President Trump’s State of the Union
[Nashville, TN] – The Tennessee Small Business Alliance (TNSBA) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union address: “Thanks to the President, the state of our union is ‘dirty.’ His alarming and dangerous agenda to weaken environmental and public health protection standards threatens the wellbeing of Tennessee, our economic growth…
Read MoreFact Sheet: How Tennessee Benefits from Greater Fuel Efficiecny
The fuel efficiency standards supported by Senators Alexander and Corker are working, spurring innovation, investment in the auto industry, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and cutting dangerous carbon pollution in the air that harms health. Here are more ways Tennessee benefits from these fuel standards: View the Fact Sheet
Read MoreFact Sheet: Blunt Rollback of Vehicle Efficiency Standards
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) has introduced S. 1273, legislation that rolls back popular and successful fuel efficiency standards that have been working, spurring innovation, investment in the auto industry, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and cutting dangerous carbon pollution in the air that harms health. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Todd Young (R-IN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI),…
Read MoreTN Small Business to Congress: Operating Shutdown by Shutdown is No Way to Run a Country
Washington still needs to pass budget that doesn’t put our state’s public health or economic growth at risk. [Nashville, TN] – The Tennessee Small Business Alliance (TNSBA) issued the following statement in response to Congress and the President coming to a temporary agreement to end the current federal government shutdown, and kick the funding deadline…
Read MoreGroup believes budget cuts will hurt Superfund cleanup in Chattanooga
January 17th, 2018by Mark Pacein Local Regional NewsRead Time: 2 mins. Buildings are seen in the Jefferson Heights neighborhood on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Parts of Jefferson Heights, along with locations in Alton Park, Cowart Place, Richmond and the Southside Gardens neighborhoods, have been proposed as EPA Superfund sites after lead…
Read MoreNashville Business Owner Staci Bockman Asks TN Senators to Support EPA
As a small business owner in Nashville, I know how essential a clean environment is to running a successful business. I am one of the owners 312 Pizza Company and Tempered Cafe and Chocolate, a family-owned business in the Germantown neighborhood. Our business depends on Nashville’s vibrant tourist industry to keep our doors open.…
Read MoreSmall Business Owners to Sens. Alexander and Corker: Don’t Support a Budget that Jeopardizes TN’s Public Health and Economic Growth
[Chattanooga, Tenn] — Ahead of tomorrow’s Jan. 19th deadline for Congress to pass a budget and keep the federal government, the Tennessee Small Business Alliance (TNSBA) and a group of small business owners called on U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker to support a budget that puts the health and safety of Tennesseans first…
Read MoreTennessee Small Business Alliance Questions Trump’s Commitment to Superfund Cleanups
For Immediate Release January 16, 2018 Contact: Lenda Sherrell, State Director (lenda@businesstn.org) (865) 388-9056 Tennessee Small Business Alliance Questions Trump’s Commitment to Superfund Cleanups [Chattanooga, Tenn] — The Tennessee Small Business Alliance (TNSBA) is raising questions about the Trump Administration’s commitment to cleaning up Superfund sites in Tennessee and across the country. Last week, the…
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