FEMA remains actively engaged across the state, including in Valdosta, six months since Hurricane Helene devastated Georgia, ...

Amaranth adds that in past periods of austerity, government employment has declined by 4,000 to 10,000 per month. In a report last week, Wells Fargo economists said their best guess is that federal ...

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Small-business owners could pay thousands more in loan fees as the SBA looks to cut costs and rightsize its lending ...

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President Donald Trump has yet to win over his own party with his push to “immediately” transfer the Education Department’s massive student loan operation to another agency slated for deep ...

The Small Business Administration announced a wide reorganization that will cut 43 percent of the agency’s workforce, amid the Trump administration’s push to remake the federal government.

The Small Business Administration’s office is in the McCormick Building at 332 S. Michigan Ave. Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times Share The U.S. Small Business Administration’s recent announcement that it ...

The announcement comes at the same time that the SBA said it is cutting 43% of its staff and restructuring the agency “to eliminate wasteful spending,” as part of the Trump administration’s ...