Chamber Issue: Kansas exporters, suppliers to Congress: Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank
Clearwater Engineering, a small aviation supplier near Wichita, is
keeping a close eye on a key decision in Washington — whether Congress
will reauthorize the Export-Import Bank next month.
The
Depression-era program helps companies that depend on exports by
guaranteeing loans and providing credit insurance to overseas buyers of
American products.Read more: Kansas.com
RiverBend Growth Association president Monica Bristow graduates from IOM
The Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, recently announced that Monica J. Bristow has graduated from the program and has received the recognition of IOM.
Awarded
to all graduates of the Institute program, the IOM Graduate Recognition
signifies the individual’s completion of 96 hours of course instruction
in nonprofit management. In addition, participants can earn credit
hours toward the Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) or Certified
Association Executive (CAE) certifications. Nearly 1,000 individuals
attend Institute annually. Bristow, president of the RiverBend Growth
Association, also holds the designation of Accredited Chamber Executive
(ACE) from the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber event: Northwest Arkansas should work to be a major tech hub
It’s not enough that Northwest Arkansas be considered a bedrock of
retail expertise, some say it now must become a technology hub in its
own right as retail and every industry sectors move in sync with digital
demand.
“The fly wheel is rolling here and we can become a major technology
hub. ... We are not going to become Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas, but
we do have some unfair competitive advantages in Northwest Arkansas,”
said Jeff Amerine, director of Arkansas Technology Ventures. Read more: The City Wire
Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber: Agenda set for Fargo technology conference
Fargo is set to host the annual State of Technology conference on August 20.The conference will feature discussions on digital and mobile imaging, health care operational intelligence, online marketing, mobile technology as well as an update on the Dakota Fiber Initiative. The Dakota Fiber Initiative is a project that aims to bring the fastest internet available to North Dakota. Read more: The News Tribune
Tourism board proposed to handle Faribault lodging tax dollars
When the question of whether the Faribault Chamber of Commerce and Tourism should split came up in May, what followed was a summer of meetings weighing the pros and cons. A proposed answer came on Wednesday, when City Administrator Brian Anderson presented a recommendation based upon the meetings held with various business owners through June and July. Read more: Faribault Daily NewsMistakes on the Lake in Indiana
The battle over Indiana’s right-to-work law has been long and intense. The legislature there first considered
it in 2010 and passed it in 2012, but a state judge who entered the
fray last month has ensured the fight will be extended again. Ruling
that the statute violated the state constitution, Lake County Circuit
Judge George Paras declared
the law “null and void” and permanently enjoined the state from
enforcing it. For good measure, he also elected not to stay his
decision, which has increased the stakes, as well as the uncertainty,
for the law’s proponents.
Right-to-work laws have been Enemy Number 1 of organized labor since Congress permitted states to adopt them in the 1947 Taft-Hartley amendments to the National Labor Relations Act.
Such laws prohibit collective bargaining agreements that require
workers to join a union or pay representation fees in order to keep
their jobs at a unionized employer. Moreover, they permit employees to
decide for themselves whether to join a union, a freedom that unions
spend huge amounts of money to prevent. Read more: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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