Associations Now

AUGUST 15, 2018

Taking advantage of a June Labor Department ruling that expanded association health plans to create more access to affordable health coverage for small businesses and their employees, three southern Nevada chambers of commerce have joined forces to offer an AHP to their members.

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Associations Now

JUNE 21, 2013

The City Council must vote on the proposed ordinance again next week for it to be officially adopted. The ordinance—which would go into effect January 1, 2014—also encourages customers to use reusable bags by requiring them to pay 10 cents per paper bag, according to a Reuters report. Association reaction was mixed following the vote.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 15, 2013

“This is a practical and temporary solution that will lessen the pain for some businesses and communities in Utah during this shutdown,” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement about the decision reported by the AP. South Dakota reportedly worked with several corporate donors to reopen Mount Rushmore on Monday.

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Associations Now

JUNE 4, 2014

A study from Stanford University found that a proposed ban on purchasing sugary drinks with food stamps would cut the obesity rate among people ages 18 to 65. But another report, from the Illinois Public Health Institute , argues that people would simply buy sugary drinks with their own cash instead.

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