Small business advocate Lynn Pingol says Minnesota’s governor and Senate candidates avoided her proposed debate on federal contracting rollbacks, even as legislation threatens key SBA programs. Editor Jasmine McBride has the story.
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S.4390 is a direct attack on women-owned businesses, Black women will pay the highest price
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A bill in Congress would eliminate the Women-Owned Small Business federal contracting program, a move MaKee Company CEO R. Lynn Pingol warns could strip $540 billion in revenue nationally and $2.2 billion from the Twin Cities alone.
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A Federal Rule Change Threatens Minnesota’s Small Businesses. Especially the Ones Our Communities Depend On
R. Lynn Pingol writes that a proposed OMB rule change would strip away the supplier diversity programs, technical assistance and SBA 8(a) pathways that small Black, immigrant and women-owned businesses depend on to access federal contracts, threatening the corridors communities rebuilt after years of crisis.