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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization representing the interests of small businesses.
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Joined June 2009
@SCSBCC Small businesses are in a tough spot since they don’t necessarily have the resources or motivation to do more than what is required to verify employment eligibility status.Read more here.
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The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called E-Verify is raising questions about what employers can do to make sure...
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Lt. Governor Evette talks about her background, McMaster’s surprise ask, issues, and her take on her opponents--"Backbone" Podcast.Listen to this podcast here.
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Pamela Evette tells podcast host Frank Knapp about her surprise when Governor Henry McMaster called her to his office and asked her to be his running mate as Lt. Governor—something they had not...
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, to running a SC association. She describes the extensive services her 28-year organization provides to the 1000 non-profits in their network. Listen to this podcast here.
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Karen Riordan, president and CEO of Together SC (formerly the SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations) talks with podcast host Frank Knapp about how she got from the smallest state in the nation,...
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Karen Riordan leading association of nonprofits--"Backbone" Podcast. Karen Riordan, president and CEO of Together SC (formerly the SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations), talks with podcast host Frank Knapp about how she got from the smallest state in the nation, Rhode Island
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construction projects that go beyond the initial completion date. His bill would establish a loan program for these businesses that would be administered by the SC Department of Commerce. Listen to this podcast here.
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First elected in 2024, Representative Hamilton Grant of Richland County went into his first year as a legislature with no expectations. He cites his leadership experience, including being a drum...
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more difficulty in obtaining loans. This is particularly true in rural and underserved communities. He particularly points out the difficulties black churches experience. Rep. Grant has sponsored legislation to help small businesses survive when the businesses are harmed by road.
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He cites his leadership experience, including being a drum major at South Carolina State University, as his preparation for serving as a legislator. His business experience working with small business lending needs has given him an understanding that entrepreneurs are having.
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Rep. Hamilton Grant—drum major to state legislator—leadership counts--"Backbone" Podcast. First elected in 2024, Representative Hamilton Grant of Richland County went into his first year as a legislature with no expectations.
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Dignity Act receives strong support from business organizations.Bipartisan immigration bill offers better path forward for economy.
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August 10, 2025 Dignity Act receives strong support from business organizations Bipartisan immigration bill offers better path forward for economy National business organizations have given strong...
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Duke Energy seeks big rate hikes across entire northern part of SC Small Business Chamber files to intervene.
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Press Release August 6, 2025 Duke Energy seeks big rate hikes across entire northern part of SC Small Business Chamber files to intervene Columbia, SC—Together Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) and Duke...
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--10,925 of the 530,402 small businesses had 20-499 employees (2%). --Women owned 46.3 percent of businesses. --Veterans owned 8.4 percent of businesses. --Hispanics owned 6.2 percent of businesses. --Blacks/African Americans owned 20.1 percent of businesses.
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The SBA's definition of a small business is a business with 499 or fewer employees. Highlights:. --440,037 of the 530,402 small businesses had no employees (83%). --79,440 of the 530,402 small businesses had 1-19 employees (15%).
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2025 Small Business Profile. The SBA Office of Advocacy has issued it's Small Business Profiles for the nation and for each state. The South Carolina profile can be found here:.
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of 2025, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 15 by Reps. María Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, and 20 co-sponsors, half Republicans and half Democrats. Read more:.
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As Beaufort County eyes a partnership with the U.S. government, columnist David Lauderdale writes that the nation’s mass deportations make no sense in South Carolina because of economic realities.
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…Knapp does not favor “carve-outs” that would protect workers in certain industries from deportation. That would be unfair to those industries that are not protected, he said. …Knapp said that alternative may be the Dignity Act.
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“It’s a pipe dream they’re selling to the public,” he told me. …He is also now the managing director of The Secure Growth Initiative, a small-business coalition concerned with border security and enhancing America’s workforce to protect small businesses.
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recipients, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this month. Frank Knapp, who has run the Columbia-based South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce advocacy organization for 25 years, agrees.
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are not a good look for we the people of the United States of America. … The economic reality is that businesses desperately need workers, and migrants are not taking Americans’ jobs. It’s farcical to say jobs done by workers being yanked off the streets can be easily filled by.
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Beaufort County doesn’t need Alligator Alcatraz cages or masked gunmen [Hilton Head Island Packet The State (Columbia, SC) July 17, 2025]. Opinion By David Lauderdale.The cages of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the federal government’s new 3,000-bed immigration detention center in Florida.
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