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As One Internet Tax Battle Ends, Talk of Another Heats Up

Associations Now

Internet sales-tax legislation was on the table as recently as 2014, but John Boehner, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives, refused to bring the legislation to the House floor. North Dakota , that effectively banned the practice. I’m still in shock after this went through so quickly.”.

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Hemp Industry Brings Momentum to Annual History Week

Associations Now

For decades, industrial hemp was off the market in the United States. Canadian hemp crops, she says, could easily move into North Dakota and other border states, and the equipment used for farming other crops could be used to cultivate hemp. Until last October, that is. Much of the infrastructure needed to bring it into the U.S.