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Trade Group: Driverless Trucks Could Solve Oil-Shipping Crisis

Associations Now

With oil-rich North Dakota raising fresh shipping concerns, the Central North American Trade Corridor Association hopes to make use of driverless semi-trucks to ease the shipment of oil along a key transport route. 83 is North Dakota, which is currently struggling with the supply chain headaches caused by an oil boom.

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We Asked, You Answered: Looking Forward 100 Years

Associations Now

CEO, North Dakota Association of Realtors. In 2020, the Automotive Lift Institute will be celebrating 75 years of a mission that promotes the safe design, construction, installation, and use of automotive lift products across North America. Here are some of the answers they shared. Involvement and inclusion.

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Hemp Industry Brings Momentum to Annual History Week

Associations Now

with sales of hemp products reaching $581 million last year—nearly all of this growth comes from products imported from Canada and other countries due to restrictions on domestic cultivation of hemp. That eventually hemp will become a cash crop again. Legal to Import. While the hemp industry continues to grow in the U.S.—with

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Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts

Association Adviser

Angela Kisskeys , marketing and communications manager, Midwest Society of Association Executives (MSAE) , which represents associations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, said her organization doesn’t lobby directly unless the issue impacts the overall operations of non-profits.