What does ACCE do for chambers and why should small business owners care? Mick Fleming joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming ACCE 2013 Convention and how this event converts to a benefit for local small businesses.

Local chambers of commerce are one of the most important organizations in a community. Mick Fleming joins Jim Blasingame to report on the state of local chambers of commerce in America, and on the role they play in their communities.

Why isn't Washington focused on America's chronic unemployment and underemployment. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB report that reveal that no on has an answer for the tens-of-millions of unemployed and underemployed

How are the operating elements going for small businesses? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB report which indicates that sales, hiring and profits are still nothing to get excited about.

What's holding back the U.S. Main Street economy? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB report that shows small businesses are just barely more optimistic than last month.

Small business sales are still down. Bill Dunkelberg joins JIm Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report showing small businesses still have languishing sales, plus are still not making capital investments.

Wall Street is up but Main Street is down. Bill Dunkelberg joins JIm Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that shows a continued negative attitude about the economy by small businesses, and suggest reasons for this condition.

Slow small business growth keeps hiring numbers down. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses are still not hiring because they don't see the growth opportunities from sales.

Why is small business optimism still so low? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on this month's NFIB Index that shows small business owners are still uncertain about the economy and Washington politics.

The U.S. Chamber is watching public policies that impact small business. Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the things the U.S. Chamber is doing on behalf of small businesses, including their annual summit.