The hospitality industry had called for a rethink of planned changes to the way the tax based on property is calculated.

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small businesses that depend on federal contracts or funding. For seven weeks, they’ve been reducing ...

Business groups are expressing concern that the ongoing government shutdown is having negative impacts on economic activity and the ability of firms to operate and grow. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ...

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The shutdown is affecting Minnesotans from federal workers to families relying on assistance programs. Small businesses are feeling the economic strain too. Berek Awend is the owner of his family's 47 ...

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Reuters says it’s a “key risk to US stability.” But when I look around, I see business as usual — families raise children, workers work, people play music . . . The media act like government is the ...

We have long been told that government should be run more like a business. Government, of course, is not literally a business: it has responsibilities to the nation as a whole rather than just some ...