TDLR filings show Home Depot is planning a 107,797‑sq‑ft store with a 28,120‑sq‑ft garden center near I‑35 and McCarty in San Marcos, with construction eyed for Sept. 2026–Aug. 2027.

Low‑interest SBA disaster loans — up to $2 million — are now available for Oklahoma small businesses and private nonprofits affected by a drought that began Nov. 15, 2025. Deadlines and application details are in the SBA release.

Einstein Bros. Bagels is planning a 1,927-square-foot Far West Side shop in San Antonio, with construction slated for June 2026. The location would join five other local storefronts.

A new SBAM score card finds Michigan’s small‑business base is solid but growth is being choked by rising labor, energy and health‑care costs.

Jacksonville-based Earthcore bought Firegear Outdoors, adding a 57,000-sq-ft Huntington factory and North American rights to Heatstrip patio heaters.

A Vancouver online furniture dealer has leased an 8,241‑sq‑ft showroom at The Bellevue Collection's Lincoln Square North as it tests physical retail in the U.S.

Two Sacramento-area players each won $1 million on $10 Money Mania Scratchers. Winning tickets were sold at a Sacramento Chevron and a Rocklin Safeway.

Health inspectors ordered Mission taquería El Tomate closed after finding live and dead cockroaches and equipment failures. The restaurant must hire pest control and pass reinspection before reopening.

Dollar Tree will take the remaining chunk of the old Winn‑Dixie at Brierwood Village Plaza after a city permit greenlit a nearly 19,000‑sq‑ft build‑out. Aldi already opened in the other half.

FedEx cut more than 100 jobs across New York and Pennsylvania as its Network 2.0 consolidation spreads. Cuts hit a Menands ship center and a Pittston site tied to broader consolidation plans.

Smart Radar System will build a 110,000‑sq‑ft U.S. headquarters at NeoCity, investing about $53M and promising roughly 190 jobs in Kissimmee.

A new Sports ETA report pegs sports tourism at $274.5 billion and shows Las Vegas is a major winner. From F1 nights to a new MLB ballpark, the Strip is leaning into sports.

A new analysis puts Phoenix at No. 7 for small‑business support even as commercial bankruptcy filings climb; low taxes and growth are offset by rising risk.