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What Associations Need to Know About Paid Family Leave

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As of September 2023, eight states and Washington, DC, have paid leave benefits available, according to New America. Meanwhile, Colorado will start offering paid leave in January 2024, and four additional states enacted paid family and medical leave programs that will begin paying benefits in 2026.

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We Asked, You Answered: Practical and Tactical Event Strategies

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Past President, Case Management Society of America. If we’re in Denver, Colorado, there will be microbreweries and a concert at Red Rocks. We also do onboarding on our policy issues and membership benefits with new exhibitors, while leaving an onboarding package with them. Anne Llewellyn. This fall, we’ll be in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Busy Schedule? Don’t Skimp on Your Sleep

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The National Sleep Foundation’s recent Sleep in America poll found that the most disciplined sleepers did better putting in the occasional late night than those who put in all-nighters on the regular. Sometimes an all-nighter is inevitable, but as long as it’s not a regular affair, there’s a good chance you can make it work.

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Amid Rural Broadband Weak Spots, Nonprofits Offer Last-Mile Help

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NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered nonprofit, noted in May that a lack of broadband access threatened the education and employment pictures for those living in rural areas. In a recent report, FiveThirtyEight noted that Saguache County, Colorado, had the lowest level of broadband penetration in the entire country, with just 5.6

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Study: Automation Will Change the Economy—But Not Consistently

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McKinsey Global Institute’s The Future of Work in America: People and Places, Today and Tomorrow says it will manifest in multiple ways—with one key area being the urban/rural divide, which could deepen in the coming years. million jobs added between 2007 and 2017 and “distressed Americana” losing 332,000 jobs over the same period.

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GMA Executive Conference: Perhaps the End of a Very Good Thing? A Review

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I’ve just returned from Colorado where GMA, the Association of Food, Beverage and Consumer Products Companies , hosted what will reportedly be their last Executive Conference. Now, with some distance from the episode I take the position that President Obama overreacted when he forced McChrystal out and it cost America a great leader.

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Beer Institute’s Campaign Shows the Faces of the Industry

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The companies they work for range from M&M Farms in Berthoud, Colorado, to MillerCoors in Fort Worth, Texas. million Americans, according to the BI’s 2017 Beer Serves America study , which was released in May. Nearly 65,000 Americans work for brewers and importers, and more than 134,000 work for beer distributors.