Congress approved, H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this week, marking the first time in 30 years since the tax code has been overhauled. The...
Labor Board Reverses Controversial Policies
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling that overturned Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of...
Trucks Required to Use Electronic Logging — Temporarily Exempting Agricultural Haulers
As noted in the December 8, 2017 Week in Review, most commercial truckers as of December 18, 2017, including those in the floral industry, are...
Labor Rules May Be Changed
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced this week it is seeking input from the public about possible changes to the Obama-era union...
SAF Submits Comments
SAF recently submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Human Health Risk Assessment for pyrethrins, a class of active...
House and Senate Take Different Paths to Tax Reform
The Senate and the House are both moving forward with efforts to overhaul the country’s tax code, but the two houses are taking different...
Small-Business Issues Critical in Tax Reform Debate
As the House of Representatives presses forward on tax reform, questions about how new legislation will affect small businesses continue to be a...
Wholesalers to Retailers: Plan Ahead and Order Early
A late summer and early fall that read like something out of a science fiction movie — hurricanes, volcanoes, grounded planes, backlogged ports —...
Washington Takes on Tax Reform
Now that Congress has again failed to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have...
APHIS to Allow the Importation of Korean Orchid Plants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow the importation of...
Trump Administration Moves to End DACA
President Trump announced last week that he would rescind the Obama-era program that protects 800,000 younger undocumented immigrants from...
Number of H-2B Workers Increased
On July 19, 2017, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary rule authorizing an increase...
Border Adjustment Tax in Trouble
A key element of the Republican blueprint for tax reform is facing strong headwinds from business leaders, members of the Trump administration and...
Floral Industry Sees Push for More Research Funding in ‘First 100 Days’
In the first 100 days of the Trump administration, floral industry members have successfully pushed members of Congress to support floriculture...
Despite Snow Storm, Industry Members Head to D.C. to Make ‘Meaningful Change’
A major snowstorm didn’t stop dozens of retailers, wholesalers and growers from traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to share their story with...