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Wisconsin roundtables

All Boxed Up! How Federal Regulations Box Small Businesses

Office of Advocacy Jul 19, 2018

By Joe Knilans, Rural Affairs Advocate Advocacy visited a small packaging company in Platteville, Wisconsin to hear how federal regulations have an impact on small businesses in Wisconsin. L & M Corrugated Container is a small,…

Small Business Visits

Don’t Bilk the Cow: Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Concerned with NAFTA Re-Negotiations

Office of Advocacy May 4, 2018

By Joe Knilans, Rural Affairs Advocate President Donald J. Trump made modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a priority of his administration. As a result, the Office of Advocacy is conducting NAFTA…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: Wigwam Knocks the Socks off its Competitors in Unraveling Apparel Industry

Office of Advocacy May 1, 2018

By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel Advocacy toured the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, headquarters of Wigwam Mills last week, a small business that knits 20,000 pairs of socks a day from more than 200 machines in its 200,000-square-foot…

Advocacy Gets a Taste of the Regulatory Problems of Wisconsin Small Businesses

Office of Advocacy Mar 29, 2018

By Charles Maresca, Director of Interagency Affairs When you invite small businesses in Wisconsin to discuss their ideas for regulatory reform, you expect to hear from dairy farms (we did), and cheese producers (we did), and other food…

Michigan & Wisconsin Small Business Owners Describe their Regulatory Burdens to Advocacy

Office of Advocacy Mar 29, 2018

By Claudia Rodgers, Senior Counsel Small businesses are fed up and asking for relief. The Office of Advocacy heard this and more at its roundtable meetings held in Detroit, Mich., on March 13, and in Milwaukee, Wis., on March 15. As part…

Site Visit: Let the Beer Flow: A Milwaukeean Brewer’s Story of Domestic and International Growth

Office of Advocacy Mar 20, 2018

By Rosalyn Steward, Assistant Chief Counsel On March 16, Advocacy visited Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, Wis. Lakefront was started by brothers Jim and Russ Klisch in 1987, with the assistance of SBA loans. What is now a Milwaukee…