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What Trump's plans for small business could do to this pie shop

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 6, 2017
In Los Angeles, the owners of The Pie Hole are waiting to find out about the president's plans for small businesses.
The Pie Hole's Los Angeles store. The owners have opened more locations, including one in Japan.
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The Big Promise

How Trump's policies can impact local economies

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 30, 2017
Checking in on life in Erie, Pennsylvania.
A factory in Erie County, PA. 
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How The Deck Is Stacked

What these small business owners need from Trump

by Kai Ryssdal and Donna Tam
Jan 19, 2017
Meet entrepreneurs with high hopes for the incoming administration.
Sondralee Orengia, owner of Custom Audio, sells home and car audio systems.
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How The Deck Is Stacked

Erie's population bolstered by immigrants

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 19, 2017
But there are fears about what Donald Trump's policies could mean for new arrivals.
Bassam Dabbah is one of Erie's residents who immigrated from Jordan. Dabbah is now a proud American citizen.
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What immigration reform means to small businesses

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 10, 2016
How will Donald Trump's decisions on immigration reform affect small businesses?
A worker harvests cantaloupes on a farm near Firebaugh, California.   
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Some NC small businesses feel effects of the state's new 'bathroom bill'

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 31, 2016
Along with vanished revenue at restaurants and hotels, the cancellation of events has hit caterers, transportation services, linen rental shops, pesticide companies, even banks and credit unions that handle payroll for many of these contractors.
Ghassan's, a quick service Mediterranean restaurant in Greensboro, NC. Operations Manager Ziad Fleihan said the restaurant has lost $20,000 in revenue since the North Carolina General Assembly passed HB2, and a series of events were cancelled in the city.  
Jeff Tiberii/WUNC
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Artisanal soft serve ice cream finds its sweet spot

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 12, 2016
At Magpies, the flavors are chef-driven and the sugar's just right. Corn almond, anyone?
Rose Schwartz helps a customer at Magpies. 
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The CDC has issued a travel warning for Miami-area neighborhood

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 2, 2016
There have been 14 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Florida
Carlos Varas, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a Golden Eagle blower to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Wynwood neighborhood as the county fights to control the Zika virus outbreak on August 2, 2016 in Miami, Florida. There is a reported 14 individuals who have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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The GOP Convention is bringing uncertainty to Cleveland

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2016
The media and delegates will be at the convention there, but will they shop local?
 A banner welcoming participants of the 2016 Republican National Convention hangs between Quicken Loans Arena and a parking garage on July 11, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. 
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Why can’t small businesses find qualified employees?

by Jordyn Holman
Apr 8, 2016
While there are a lot of signs pointing to a recovering economy, small business confidence continues to decline.
An ABACORP employee works with machinery at the shop. The manufacturing company is one of many small businesses struggling to find more skilled workers.
Brenna Kemling/ABACORP
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