by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 28, 2020 | FEUSA, In The News
Hawaii Taxes could rise on high-end real estate on the island of Hawaii Illinois The top Republicans in the Illinois legislature are pushing for a vote that would remove from the November ballot a measure that would allow for a progressive income tax. Democrat...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 26, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News
The Senate has left for their Memorial Day district work period. When the upper chamber returns on June 1, it’s likely to focus on clearing pending presidential nominations as House Democrats and Senate Republicans remain far apart on the next round of COVID-19...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 24, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News
While the world is slowly starting to open up and move toward “normal,” it seems as if DC has already gotten there – politically at least. After passing four stimulus bills on a pretty bi-partisan basis – and racking up almost $3 trillion in spending – political...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News, Taxes
What to Expect in Next Economic Recovery Package House Democrats’ Opening Bid—The HEROES Act Only four days after its May 12 introduction, the House narrowly approved the HEROES Act (H.R.6800), 208-199. The legislation contains Democratic policy priorities, including...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA, In The News
As part of its ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, family-owned Mars, Incorporated has today shared an update on actions to better support the communities in which it operates, and the most vulnerable in its extended supply chains. The new commitment...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 19, 2020 | FEUSA, In The News
By Hedda Schuapak, Family Business Magazine. NextGens’ innovative ideas can revitalizes their family companies. Here are three examples. When twin sisters Jenny Dinnen and Katie Rucker took over MacKenzie Corp., an analytics firm in Lake Forest, Calif., in 2013,...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News
The overwhelming news from the states is the financial impact COVID-19 is having on their bottom line…and precisely one article on why they shouldn’t be given or take a bailout from the feds! States should say ‘no thanks’ to a federal bailout “The...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | May 11, 2020 | Budget Deficit, COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News
If you’re a regular reader of these updates, this week’s will seem like Deja vu. Congress moved quickly to pass a costly aid package without regard to how it would be paid for, which the President signed immediately. The $484 billion relief package was...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA, In The News
There is one word I typically avoid and usually cringe when it is used: unprecedented. Its inclusion is for dramatic effect, of course. And while it can technically be used to connote an event or item that is unique, atypical, or abnormal, for me, it really should be...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA, In The News
Contacts Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP squirepattonboggs.com David B. Stewart Principal, Washington DC David Schnittger Principal, Washington DC Beth L. Goldstein Senior Associate, Washington DC Brandon C. Roman Senior Associate, Washington DC Ludmilla L. Kasulke...
by Family Enterprise USA Admin | Apr 25, 2020 | Family Businesses, FEUSA, In The News
Even though family businesses are often viewed as not the most agile, when a crisis of this magnitude hits, they are able to quickly bring to bear skills developed over generations to ensure resilience, capitalizing on the trust patiently accumulated with various...
