According to the Denver Post, a poll of Colorado small businesses find they support enacting a paid family leave bill being sponsored in the Colorado General Assembly.

Small businesses optimism has declined in recent months, reports Telegraph Herald. One factor for the decline is most likely the slow down in manufacturing.

Online financing company, Blue Vine, which offers small businesses several financing options, will soon be adding an additional lending service, reports Forbes. Currently, they offer a simple line of business credit to invoice factoring but will add a third product.