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Prohibition-Era Liquor Wall Stays in Place as Gov. Scott Vetoes Bill to Deregulate Stores

May 25, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and Publix win, Target, Costco and Walmart lose, as Gov. Scott, opposing deregulation, signs his first veto of the year.

Small Businesses to Obamacare’s SHOP Option: Not Interested

November 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Nationally, about 85,000 people have coverage through the online marketplace known as the Small Business Health Options Program, less than a tenth of original projections.

Small Businesses Self-Insure, Evading Obamacare Requirements, and Threatening It

March 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

As more small employers avoid the health act’s requirements through self-coverage, small-business marketplaces intended to cover millions of Americans could break down and become unaffordable.

Walmart at 50: Gutting the Middle Class 1 Small Business and Manufacturing Job at a Time

July 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

The first Walmart in Rogers, Ark., a 16,000-square-foot store, opened at the corner of Walnut and Eighth Streets on July 2, 2962.

Walmart’s 50th anniversary caps a 150year stretch when the number of independent retailers fell by over 60,000, and when, between 2001 and 2007, some 40,000 U.S. factories closed, eliminating millions of jobs.

The Anti-Black Friday: In Flagler Beach, Small Business Saturday Rings Up Authenticity

November 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Carol Fisher isn’t interested in the madness of Black Friday. In a column, she invites you to experience the more authentically American tradition of small, heartbeat businesses that are the life transfusions of local economies.

Small Businesses Mobilizing Against Broad Restrictions on Commercial Vehicles

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The same residents who want those services as imemdiately as they make an emergency call don't want to see those vehicles parked in residential driveways. Small business owners are tiring of the hypocrisy in a slow economy. (© FlaglerLive)

As code enforcement responds to anonymous complaints over trucks in driveways, small business owners are tiring of the harassment in a hurting economy.

Palm Coast Code Ordinance on Commercial Vehicle Parking in Residential Areas and Elsewhere

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The full, original language of Palm Coast’s code enforcement’s ordinance regulating commercial vehicles and trucks parking in residential zones.

Florida’s Small-Business Health Insurance Exchange a 2-Year Bust

May 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Two years after GOP lawmakers launched it as a way to deregulate the health-care market for small businesses, Florida Health Choices still offers no coverage and faces an uncertain future.

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