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When Karen Fountain, AAF, of Flowers ‘n’ Ferns stepped into the office of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) on the morning of Tuesday, March 12, she was ready for a challenge. Earlier this year, K... Read more
As noted previously in Week In Review, the Trump Administration will be proposing new overtime regulations. Unlike the Obama Administration’s rule that would have more than doubled the minim... Read more
The US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) is preparing for the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties. The posted notice provides information... Read more
Citing “substantial progress” in trade talks, President Donald Trump announced he is delaying the increase in tariffs on Chinese-made goods that had been set to take effect on March 1. No t... Read more
Legislation that would dramatically increase Social Security taxes and benefits has been introduced in the House and Senate. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee... Read more
The recent federal spending bill that Congress approved to fund the government included $500,000 for the publication of the Floriculture Crops Summary report, a priority issue for the floric... Read more
This week, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held a hearing entitled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait.” The heari... Read more
Participants in the Society of American Florists’ 39th Annual Congressional Action Days, March 11-12, will head to their congressional appointments prepped with persuasion tactics from an ex... Read more
After two years of little action on labor issues in Washington with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and President Trump in the White House, activity may increase in 2019... Read more
Award-winning journalist A.B. Stoddard will headline the SAFPAC Reception and Dinner, Tuesday, March 12, offering her nonpartisan insight on the top political news of the day. The dinner, he... Read more