Steve Moore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the new direction for the Heritage Foundation converting from just a think tank, to adding more free market advocacy.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small business growth, hiring and investing are still stalled out at barely above recession levels..

What does capital expenditures look like in January? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame with this month's Tatum Survey that indicates cap-ex is pointing upward, but only slightly so.

Managers are not pessimistic about their business, but they're not optimistic either. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on this month's Tatum Survey that indicates businesses are mildly optimistic about the economy.

New IRS regulations may dampen some political free speech. Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on proposed IRS regulations that would limit free speech of 501.c.4 non-profit organizations.

What does small businesses sales and hiring look like? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that shows small business sales and hiring picked up last month, but is still at record low levels.

Why is small business sentiment so dour? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that continues to show that small business owners are still less than optimistic about the economy.

What certain states are doing to make their states conducive to business. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the policy changes certain states are making to be friendlier to small businesses and economic growth.

Blue states typically are not small business friendly and red states usually are. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the top five and bottom five states as they are ranked based on how their policies impact small businesses.

What is at the heart of why some states are not business friendly? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the elements of his index of states based on how conducive their policies are to business.