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Friday, December 18, 2020

Chamber publishes nonprofit industry economic impact study

Last week, your Chamber hosted an event showcasing the published results of our inaugural nonprofit economic impact study in San Antonio. The presentation was given by Trinity University’s Dr. Mary Stefl and Dr. Rich Butler. In 2019, nonprofit ...

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Support Restaurants’ Access to Small Business Loans

According to recent survey results shared by the Texas Restaurant Association, approximately 29% of restaurants across the state expect they will need to permanently close one or more locations if they cannot secure additional federal stimulus ...

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Friday, May 15, 2020

Local Non-Profits Seek Access to Small Business Loans

This week, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and 14 other San Antonio non-profit, membership-based 501(c)6 organizations wrote a letter to Congressional leadership asking for extension of eligibility within the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). ...

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Friday, May 8, 2020

ICANN rejects bid to purchase .org domain

Last week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) denied a bid by Ethos Capital LLC to purchase the Public Interest Registry (PIR) from the Internet Society (ISOC). PIR oversees millions of .ORG addresses for non-profit ...

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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Businesses around Texas step up to help combat COVID-19

With the country battling the COVID 19 pandemic, the private sector has stepped up to help. Numerous businesses across Texas have already started manufacturing supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal hygiene products like hand ...

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Friday, March 6, 2020

Additional H-2B Visas released for 2020

Last week in Chamber Today we asked you to join us in writing our Congressional delegation, asking for their support in urging the Department of Homeland Security to release additional H-2B visas for non-agricultural seasonal jobs such as ...

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Call to Action: Help us secure more H-2B visas

In December, Congress passed the 2020 spending bill which gave discretion to the Secretary of Homeland Security to release up to 64,000 additional visas above the statutory cap. By early January, employers applied for nearly 100,000 H2-B visas to ...

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Statement from Chamber on Senate’s USMCA approval

The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is delighted that the Senate overwhelmingly approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement today. This trade agreement is a huge win for our community and for our state.As the oldest and largest business ...

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Friday, December 20, 2019

USMCA passed by House, moves on to Senate

On Thursday, December 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed key legislation modernizing the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement after years of negotiations between the country representatives.The new bill strengthened enforcement of ...

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Friday, December 13, 2019

Bipartisan USMCA deal reached in the House

On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leadership announced that a deal had been reached with the Trump Administration on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement after months of negotiations. Several categories were ...

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Help us make San Antonio a welcoming community

In 2019, San Antonio became one of the communities selected by the New American Economy (NAE) and Welcoming America as a Gateways for Growth community, receiving research on the impact immigrants have on the local economy. The report was released at ...

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