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Despite a year marked by political shifts, inflation and new tariffs, Black-owned businesses still have pathways to opportunities for contracting with the state, county and city-level municipalities, according to the African American Chamber of Commerce for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware .

Philadelphia is bracing for a wave of global attention in 2026 as the city prepares to welcome a surge of visitors for the country’s semiquincentennial. Even as the small business tax exemption expires, the total business tax burden has been reduced by Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and approved by Philadelphia City Council, chamber leaders told WHYY News.

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