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Nonprofit Helps Win Bee Species Endangered Status

Associations Now

Following a settlement, USFWS decided in September 2015 to conduct a full review, and a year later proposed giving the bee endangered status. Providing a landscape that sustains all of our native bees will require continued investment by public agencies, as well as efforts from private residents in both urban and rural areas.”.

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Vaping Industry in Tough Fight Over e-Cigarette Bans

Associations Now

Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule to extend its tobacco regulatory authority to include e-cigarettes, but in the meantime, state and local lawmakers are introducing measures to limit the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products at a high rate [PDF]. The American Vaping Association is working to counter that trend.

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American Counseling Association Moves Meeting from Nashville

Associations Now

Our Code of Ethics applies to every member of ACA so whether you live in Tennessee or California or Hawaii or wherever, that Code of Ethics applies to how you practice,” Yep said. This cancellation is the second one and is likely just the tip of the iceberg when you consider all the other groups that won’t consider us now.

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Listen Up: A New, National RFP Offers Nonprofits and Funders Tools to Survey Clients

Beth Kanter

Fund for Shared Insight (Shared Insight), a funder collaborative that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy, has released a national open request for proposals for its signature initiative, Listen for Good (L4G). L4G is dedicated to building the practice of listening to the people we seek to help.

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The Great Daylight Saving Time Debate

Associations Now

Two states—Arizona and Hawaii—don’t follow DST at all, while lawmakers in Florida hope to make this latest “spring forward” permanent. More sun means more tourism dollars, a driving force behind Florida’s proposed Sunshine Protection Act. “It’ll Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Mark Danish told a Tampa news outlet.

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