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

The Orlando City Council has voted, on April 20 of 2026, to adopt a new Small and Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) Preference to replace the Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program. The Council had prev...

Published May 06, 2026

The Greater Houston chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC), together with four Texas-based contractors, have sued the State of Texas, following the suspension of the Texas Historically Und...

Published Mar 04, 2026

The City of Cincinnati has published a memorandum of understanding establishing that woman-owned business enterprises (WBEs) certified as such by the State of Ohio's Department of Development are eligible to be ...

Published Feb 19, 2026

The Office of Procurement Services for Prince William County, Virginia, recently completed its 2025 disparity study, the first ever such study conducted by the County. The study examined the experiences of small, wom...

Published Feb 19, 2026

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has announced that it is expanding and formally establishing its Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program, which was originally launched in October of 202...

Published Feb 19, 2026

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine has released the Comptroller's annual review of City Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Procurement for Fiscal Year 2025. The report makes a finding of und...

Published Feb 17, 2026