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Hemp Industry Brings Momentum to Annual History Week

Associations Now

Riding a wave of recent legislative success, the Hemp Industries Association hopes to turn the tide even further in its favor with its fifth annual Hemp History Week. For decades, industrial hemp was off the market in the United States. While the hemp industry continues to grow in the U.S.—with Until last October, that is.

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Oil-Spill Regulations for Trains Irk Industry, Environmentalists

Associations Now

Nobody’s happy, though: The oil and railroad industries say they go too far, but environmentalists say they don’t go far enough. oil industry’s growth, they’re spiking—despite a decline in train crashes overall. Department of Transportation has proposed new regulations for safer transport of flammable liquids.

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Here Come the Drones: Industry Groups Talk Up FAA’s Unmanned Device Tests

Associations Now

Among the picks was a trio of schools—University of Alaska, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Virginia Tech— as well as the state of Nevada, Griffiss International Airport in New York state, and the North Dakota Department of Commerce.

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Luggage Tags and Breath Mints: How MSAE Refreshed Itself As Associations North

Association Adviser

Her insight into their rebranding research process left us with the strong impression that their new tagline of “moving professionals forward” is much more than a platitude; but a promise to members. In the end, we are advancing the association industry as whole. Associations North better reflects where we are headed and who we are.

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Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts

Association Adviser

Our research shows that “lobbying/advocacy efforts” is now the single most important topic to association leaders and their members—ahead of “best practices,” “industry news” and even “careers.” ” But, the two terms should not be used interchangeably. ” More than half (52.1