Austin small businesses boom, face rising challenges

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is the third best American city for small business. Biz2Credit released a list of 2017’s top 25 cities where small businesses are thriving. Austin sits behind only New York City and Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Some Austin-area small business owners say the boom is real, but so are the challenges they face.
“For the past few months, as our taxes keep going up, I’ve been saying to my wife and some friends, ‘Who’s fighting for us,'” s