Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is suing Kansas City, arguing that the City's Minority and Woman Business Enterprise (MWBE) program violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.&...

Published Aug 05, 2026

Governor Mike Braun of Indiana recently issued an Executive Order in July of 2026 suspending the State's Supplier Diversity Program, citing an opinion from State Attorney General Todd Rokita that the Minority an...

Published Aug 05, 2026

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York recently announced that the State was launching a new online platform, the Empire State MWBE Hub, which is intended to modernize several aspects of New York State's Minority- an...

Published Jul 30, 2026

The City Council of Newport News recently received the completed findings of a disparity study ordered by the City into the experiences of minority, woman, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and small busi...

Published Jul 28, 2026

The legislature for the State of North Carolina has passed a new budget (which has been signed into law by Governor Josh Stein) which abolishes the Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses (or HUBs). The new ...

Published Jul 15, 2026

The Montgomery County Office of Procurement has announced that, begining July 1, 2026, it will begin accepting the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Di...

Published Jul 15, 2026

The Leon County Commission recently voted to end the County's Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program (which was administered jointly with the City of Tallahassee). In its place, the County will shift ...

Published Jun 25, 2026

The New York State Department of Economic Development (or ESD, for Empire State Development), through its Division of Minority and Women's Business Development, has issued proposed regulatory amendments to its M...

Published Jun 22, 2026

The Bexar County Commissioner's Court has voted in favor of repealing its current Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (SMWBE) Program and replacing it with a race- and gender-neutral Small Busi...

Published Jun 18, 2026

The City Council for Fort Myers has been considering shuttering its current Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program and replacing it with a new program that is race-neutral. The change is being considered due to c...

Published Jun 18, 2026

The Prince George's County Council has recently voted to pass the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Act, which gives Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (or SDVBs) a bid preference of 5 percent in Co...

Published Jun 16, 2026

A set of companion bills (meaning that the bills are identical), HR8511 and S4390, have recently been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, which, if passed, would eliminate the U.S. Small B...

Published May 26, 2026

United States Representatives Sam Graves (of Missouri) and Rick Larsen (of Washington), who are the Chairman and the Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Co...

Published May 26, 2026

The Virginia legislature has recently passed a bill, HB61, which would establish a Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program in the Commonwealth. The new program would, in addition, codify procedures of the...

Published May 06, 2026

The Indianapolis Office of Minority and Women Business Development (OMWBD) has launched a new online platform through which the City will certify businesses as minority-, women-, veteran-, or disabled-owned business ...

Published May 06, 2026