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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Liberian Community Groups Step Up Amid Ebola Crisis
As the Dallas Liberian community struggles with the deadly disease—which took the life of Thomas Eric Duncan on…
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Tobacco Grower Associations Take Stand Against Using Child Labor
Earning praise from human rights advocates, two associations that represent tobacco growers are discouraging members from using children…
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Forex Pros Band Together With New Trade Group
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association, a new group representing the currency-markets space, hopes to advocate and develop best…
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Online Support Group Helps Those with Heart Disease
Sponsored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, the Support Network allows people to share stories and reach…
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Natural Fit: New Group Wants Formal Definition for “Natural” Products
With its website set to launch this week, the Organic and Natural Health Association has a number of…
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Freelancers Union Changes Healthcare Course
With restrictions under the Affordable Care Act cramping the association’s style, the group is moving away from offering…
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Travel Groups: Airlines Should Disclose Baggage Fees Upfront
The Global Business Travel Association, along with other travel groups, filed comments this week with the U.S. Department…
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“Paper or Plastic?” California Answers That Question for its Residents
It'll be paper—and it'll cost ya. A new law in the state—the first of its kind—mandates that stores…
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Ryan Wants “Dynamic Scoring” to Assess Impact of Tax Reform
What factors should be included in measuring the budget impact of tax reform? The lawmaker likely to be…
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Directing With Drones: MPAA Wins FAA Exemptions for Filmmakers
Thanks, in part, to a push by the Motion Picture Association of America, a handful of film-production crews…
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American Beverage Association Aims High With Anti-Obesity Partnership
With three of the group’s most prominent member companies on board—along with a political figure no less esteemed…
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Plastic Microbeads In Toothpaste Raise Controversy
Consumer outcry over the potential health effects of microbeads in toothpaste has led a major brand to remove…
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Realtors Score Spot at Table to Talk Drones
At a time when some of its members are using commercial drones to photograph their properties, despite a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.K. Trade Group No. 1 With a Bullet on Fighting Piracy
Increasing its pace over the past year, the British Phonographic Industry has topped the charts on an issue…
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Online Publishers Rebrand as Digital Content Next
Citing changes in the association’s membership as well as the overall content landscape, the Online Publishers Association this…
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IRS Commissioner: Agency Still Working on Political Activity Rules
In testimony before Congress last week, John Koskinen said the Internal Revenue Service is continuing to redraft rules…
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Groups Working for Record Latino Voter Turnout This Year
Latino organizations throughout the U.S. are encouraging those in their communities to register to vote during this year’s…
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Disabilities Group Takes Issue With Kanye West
The group’s president and CEO is calling out the rapper after he singled out two disabled people who…
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Broadcast Industry Bill Loses A Big Talker: “Local Choice”
A bill affecting the transmission of broadcast stations over cable and satellite feeds once included a provision that…
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Ride-Sharing Fight Gets Messy: Industry Groups Launch Smear Campaigns
Earlier this week, the ride-sharing industry launched TaxiFacts, a campaign intended to take on what it calls the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Here’s a Tip From Marriott: Don’t Forget Your Housekeeper
Working with the nonprofit A Woman's Nation, the major hotel group hopes to solve an issue affecting its…
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Tech Groups Urge Congress to Get to Work on USA Freedom Act
When Congress returned to the Hill from its summer recess earlier this month, a letter from several technology…
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What Scottish Independence Could Mean for Its National Drink
The Scotch Whisky Association is outlining some of the possible effects—largely to do with trade—that an independent Scotland…
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Is Now the Time for Mobile Payments?
Don't throw out your credit cards just yet. While Apple scored a lot of buzz last week by…
