Black women entrepreneurs in Memphis say they’re feeling the ripple effects after a new state law ends a program that once ...

Discover the benefits of government contracts for small and minority-owned businesses. Learn about their transformative potential and how to navigate the procurement process.

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Shelby County government and the City of Memphis quietly shut down their respective Minority Women Business Enterprise programs due to a newly enacted state law, a county commissioner and ...

Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, according to a disparity study commissioned by the city. The study ...

The City Council approved a bill yesterday that would revise Local Law 129, passed in 2005, which was supposed to increase opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses to get contracts from ...

Fort Worth City Council voted to eliminate a requirement that Waste Management hire minority- and women-owned businesses for its $479 million trash contract. The move, which council approved 9-2 ...

CANTON – The Stark County Minority Business Association's Lunch and Learn panel discussion, "Bids, Bonds and Business: Securing Contracts," will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Canton ...

The program was reconfigured in 1993 to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1989 that struck down Richmond's 30 percent set-aside quota for minority businesses in public contracts.

Fort Worth City Council members voted to remove a minority business requirement from Waste Management’s $479 million trash collection contract in May 2024.