Policy News – July 1, 2021

President Biden released an op-ed this week touting the current rendering of the Infrastructure Deal with GOP senators. The $1.2 trillion bipartisan deal would see $110 billion invested in the nation’s roads and bridges, $65 billion in broadband, $4 billion in...

Industry News – July 1, 2021

SBA Revokes Restaurant Revitalization Fund Grants The revocation follows the SBA’s move to halt 2,965 previously approved applicants payments on June 14 following lawsuits in Texas and Tennessee. When funds of the $28.6 billion program ran dry, three restaurants took...

Industry News – June 24, 2021

  PayPal Launches Maggie Lena Walker Award  The award is named in honor of the first Black woman to charter a bank and serve as its president in the U.S. and will recognize and promote the achievements of underrepresented women who are economically empowering...

Policy News – June 24th, 2021

Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft fiscal year 2022 Financial Services and General Government funding bill, which is being considered in subcommittee today. The text of the draft bill is here. The draft bill includes $29.1 billion in...

Juneteenth—Independence for All

Today, AEO (Association for Enterprise Opportunity) is closed to observe Juneteenth, a celebration of independence for all. Despite the emancipation proclamation in 1863, it was June 19, 1865, when General Gordon announced the freedom of slaves in Texas. Just like the...