The City of Cincinnati's minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) program has come into conflict with a "responsible bidder" and local-hiring ordinance which was passed in 2013. A federal appeals co...

Published Feb 14, 2018

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced a package of proposed legislative changes aimed at expanding the state's minority- and woman-owned business enterprise (MWBE) program. These proposed changes fo...

Published Feb 06, 2018

In November 2017, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome ordered the East Baton Rouge Parish (of which Baton Rouge is the parish seat) to conduct a disparity study which aims to determine whether or not and to wh...

Published Feb 05, 2018

An act to repeal the effects of Initiative 200, which Washington voters passed in 1998, and which banned the use of affirmative action, including the ability of state agencies to give preferential treatment to minority-own...

Published Feb 05, 2018

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced a bill to expand minority and women-owned business (MWBE) access to the Small Business Administration's microloan program.If approved, the Microloan...

Published Feb 02, 2018

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer recently announced a year-long series of workshops to boost the contracting capacity of the city's minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs).The workshops, going unde...

Published Feb 01, 2018

Commissioners for Shelby County voted on January 22nd on a first step in making fixes to the minority- and locally-owned business program that was approved by the county on the heels of a disparity study in December 2...

Published Jan 31, 2018

According to a recent report, state-funded contracts awarded in 2017 to businesses owned by Minnesota's minorities, women, and veterans increased by 89 percent over 2015, going from $40 million in contract dollars to $75 m...

Published Jan 18, 2018

Before leaving office, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill from the legislature's 2016-2017 session intended to help minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) access capital for their busin...

Published Jan 17, 2018

Legislation proposed in the Missouri state legislature would expand the state's definition of a minority business enterprise (MBE).The proposed bill, HB 1332, sponsored by Randy Pietzman (R-District 41), w...

Published Jan 17, 2018

Clark Public Utilities of Clark County, Washington, has established vendor lists for supplying materials, equipment and supplies under RCW 54.04.082 and 39.04.190 which allows the Utility to publish notice of the existence...

Published Jan 10, 2018

Clark Public Utilities is updating its Small Works Roster for public works projects under Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) and Clark Public Utilities' Professional Engineering & Architects Roster.A...

Published Jan 10, 2018

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently took action on two bills relevant to minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in the state. While both bills are supported and seen as beneficial by many in the MWBE c...

Published Jan 05, 2018

Last month, Boston's City Council passed the Equity in City of Boston Contracts Ordinance, which codifies a number of aspects of the already-existing programs and procedures that exist for the benefit of minority- and wome...

Published Jan 02, 2018

The Devner City Council has unanimously approved a measure designed to foster greater payment security for minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) that are performing subcontracting work for city contra...

Published Dec 26, 2017