SCDOT Releases Initial COVID-19 Financial Impact Projections
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has released its initial projections of the financial impact of COVID-19, indicating a decrease in agency revenues based on expected reductions...
View ArticleDominion Energy commits $5 million to social justice, community rebuilding...
Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) and its charitable foundation are committing $5 million to help community reconciliation and rebuilding across the company’s 20-state footprint. The funds will support...
View ArticleSCDOT Plans More Paving Projects for Year 4 of its 10-Year Plan to Rebuild...
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has announced plans for an additional $562 million in road pavement and resurfacing projects for the coming fiscal year 2020-2021. The...
View ArticleLeBron James, Maverick Carter Raise $100M To Build a Media Empire
by ShoppeBlack LeBron James and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have reportedly launched a new venture to expand their media empire. The pair raised $100 million to start the SpringHill...
View ArticleCOLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT NOW OFFERING FREE FACE MASKS FOR TRAVELERS
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) is now offering free masks for travelers courtesy of The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT hereafter). DOT recently announced their...
View ArticleSBA Celebrates the Launch of New South Carolina Women’s Business Centers
Increases Opportunities and Economic Recovery Solutions for Women Entrepreneurs with Two New Women’s Business Centers WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the launch of...
View ArticleTry These Ideas For More Successful Stock Market Returns
Many people are interested in the stock market, but making the decision to jump into it is not easy. Prior to making a potentially risky investment, read the useful tips in this article. Keep reading...
View ArticleThis Black Owned 7-Eleven Sold Over 100 Cases of a Black Owned Wine Brand...
Pictured Alyson Rae Lawson by ShoppeBlack Alyson Rae Lawson is the CEO of RaeLawson Enterprise LLC, franchisee/operator of two 7-Eleven convenience stores (with gas stations) located right across from...
View ArticleTrump lays minefield for employers and fails to deliver significant help to...
Pictured President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. President Trump signed an Executive Orders to defer payroll taxes for employees through December 31, 2020. Below is...
View ArticleTHIS FAMILY JUST OPENED A BLACK-OWNED DRIVE-THRU MOVIE THEATER IN NEW JERSEY
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Siree and Ayanna Morris, a couple from Newark, New Jersey, have opened a drive-thru movie theater called Newark Moonlight Cinema to bring entertainment to people while considering...
View ArticleBlack Female Fishing Team Earns Historic Win In First Tournament
Pictured The Ebony Anglers (l-r) Bobbiette Palmer, Gia Peebles, Tiana Davis, 48-lb King Mackerel, Glenda Turner, Lesleigh Mausi, and their boat driver at the tournament’s weigh-in. by ShoppeBlack The...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters VOTE411 Website Educates Voters for the November 3,...
Columbia, SC – In preparation for the General Election planned for November 3, 2020, the League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area has launched the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This...
View ArticleMOM AND DAUGHTER MAKE HISTORY, OPEN BLACK-OWNED SHELL GAS STATION IN FLORIDA
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the...
View ArticleSBA South Carolina Announces 2020 National Small Business Week Winners
Winners to be Recognized in Virtual Awards Ceremony Columbia, S.C. – The SBA South Carolina District Office has selected the 2020 National Small Business Week winners for state. The winners of the...
View ArticleWHITE PEOPLE ARE CASHING IN ON THE BLACK STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
by Anthony Quinones, Black Enterprise Many historically marginalized groups have the ability to address the atrocities done to them. For example, Jewish people are still talking about the Holocaust....
View ArticleWARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP APPOINTS BLACK WOMAN TV EXECUTIVE AS NEW CHAIRMAN
Pictured Channing Dungey (Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers) by Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Days after Peter Roth announced that he was stepping down as chair of the Warner Bros. Television Group,...
View ArticleFOUNDER FROM GREENVILLE AWARDED $100,000 FROM GOOGLE FOR STARTUPS’ BLACK...
Bandwagon will receive non-dilutive cash awards as part of Google’s commitment to support promising Black founders South Carolina – Google for Startups announced the 76 recipients of the $5M Google...
View ArticleColumbia Museum of Art’s board of trustees adds five new members
From left: Charles L. Aiken, Alicia Barnes, Steven A. McKelvey, Seema Shrivastava-Patel, and C. Philip Toussaint. Columbia, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art announces five new members elected to serve...
View ArticleDeion Sanders has icons lined up to support JSU
Two icons, one from sports and one from music, are both ready to show Jackson State some love. The Deion Sanders impact may be bigger than we imagined. Jackson, Mississippi has become a place people...
View ArticleMidshipman makes history as first Black female brigade commander at the Naval...
When Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber assumes the brigade command, she’ll make Naval Academy history. Barber will be the academy’s first Black female to command the Brigade of Midshipmen. Commandant...
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