Policy Agenda
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…
Read MoreGov. 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…
Read MoreGov. 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…
Read MoreRep. 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…
Read MoreTNSBA member Peter Calvet, owner of Fantasy Flora in Memphis, speaks out on fuel efficiency standards
Celebrate, save our nonpartisan planet These fuel efficiency standards have been working, saving us money, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and cutting pollution that harms the health of our communities. –Peter Calvet
Read MoreTVA 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…
Read More“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…
Read MoreBrian Sexton, Founder of Creative’s Day, Calls For Corker and Alexander to Support EPA Standards
I lead a support organization for artists who either live in or are moving to Nashville called Creatives’ Day. We connect artists–musicians, writers, visual artists and even chefs–with the things they need to prosper like affordable housing, financial and entrepreneurial tools. In a city like Nashville where 100 people are moving to town each day,…
Read MoreAfter meeting with Senators last week, Memphis business owner Peter Calvet asks them to reject EPA budget cuts released Monday
My wife and I moved from New England to Tennessee last year because we fell in love with the state’s moderate nature, both in climate and in politics to open my small business in Memphis, Fantasy Flora. Yes, we were fed up with freezing in the winter, but we looked forward to living in a…
Read MoreJess Wilson, Owner of Summer Fields Farm and In Town Organics, Meets with Senators – Urges Support for EPA Funding
“Having clean air and water is a crucial part of creating an environment where people want to live and raise their families.” I am a farmer, a rural resident, and a mother of three. I founded In Town Organics and Summer Fields Farm, on which my family raises grass fed lamb and goats, pastured poultry,…
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