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DeWine Urges Lawmakers To Restore Small Business Tax Deduction To $250,000
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine says he wants lawmakers to erase a change made to a small business tax deduction. It allows many sole proprietorships, partnerships and other small operations to take… Read More

38 Attorneys General Ask Congress To Bring Marijuana Money Into Banking System
By: Laurel Wamsley I NPR
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Most states have legalized marijuana in some form. But federal law still considers it an illegal drug, which exposes banks to legal risk if they handle weed-related money or transactions.

Business Groups Blast Change In House Budget As Tax Increase
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Business groups are blasting the House version of the budget for a change it makes to a controversial tax deduction – the one that allows many small businesses to take… Read More

From Walmart To Google, Companies Teaming Up To Buy More Solar And Wind Power
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Walmart, GM, Google, Johnson & Johnson and other corporations are forming a trade organization to promote the interests of renewable energy buyers.

Southeast Ohio Ecological Food & Farming Association meeting
The OEFFA Southeast Ohio (SEOH) chapter, a grassroots voice for OEFFA members from Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, Vinton, and Washington counties, welcomes farmers, gardeners,… Read More

West Virginia Online Business Startup Tool Available
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia entrepreneurs who want to open a new business have a new online tool to help. The state secretary of state’s office says it has… Read More

Deaf And Unemployed: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
By: Amanda Morris | NPR
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Deaf people struggle with high unemployment. So they are creating their own “deaf ecosystems” and pushing employers to better accommodate them.

Amazon To Build 6th Distribution Center In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Internet retail giant Amazon says it plans to build another large distribution center in Ohio.The Columbus Dispatch reports the newest center will employ 1,500 people in… Read More

Southeast Ohio’s Fight to Save Local Businesses
By: Meg Ryan, Lauren Ramoser, Joe Payton Local communities throughout southeast Ohio are built on small businesses and local flare. One of the sad realities of communities in this area,… Read More

Labor Movement: Will ‘Right-To-Work’ States Attract More Businesses?
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Ohio Valley region once helped give rise to the labor movement. Now it’s shifting toward what’s known as right-to-work law. West Virginia and Kentucky have passed right-to-work laws and… Read More

Trade Under Trump: Business Leaders Skeptical About Big Changes
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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During the presidential campaign I visited two regional manufacturing executives who do business in the same county but hold views on trade that are worlds apart. Now that Donald Trump… Read More

Fluff May Sell, But Won’t Change, Owner Says
By: Susan Tebben
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What has become a staple of the Court Street landscape may see some changes in the next few months, if its owner is able to sell the establishment. Fluff Bakery… Read More

Local Businesses Vie For Prize in Start It Up Nelsonville
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Five Nelsonville businesses have entered a competition for a $10,000 prize that will help them develop and grow. The prize is being offer by Start it Up Nelsonville, a competition… Read More

Pizza Powerhouse To Be Keynote Speaker at College of Business Symposium
John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John’s Pizza, will serve as keynote speaker during the first annual College of Business Marketing Symposium at Ohio University, Thurs., March 26. The symposium, held Thursday from… Read More