The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just released updated income tax withholding tables, reflecting changes made by the new tax reform law. This is the first in a series of steps that the IRS... Read more
Reversing an Obama administration policy, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued January 4 a memorandum to all U.S. Attorneys directing them to enforce federal laws involving marijuana. The m... Read more
Now that Congress has again failed to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have turned their attention to reforming the nation’... Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow the importation of Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium orchid plants in gr... Read more
On July 19, 2017, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary rule authorizing an increase of up to an additional 15,000 H-2B workers... Read more
When the Small Business Administration convened a regional roundtable to identify regulatory burdens to small business growth, the floral industry had a voice in the conversation, thanks to... Read more
In the 2016 congressional elections, the Society of American Florists achieved a nearly perfect score in supporting candidates for federal elective office, with 10 out of the 11 candidates S... Read more
What would you do if you had two-plus hours to talk candidly with some of President Obama’s top advisors? For about 80 Society of American Florists members, that surreal-sounding hypothetica... Read more
At SAFPAC Dinner, Cartoonist Shares Insight on Being Seriously Funny
The current presidential campaign seems to be the stuff of dreams for comedians — the jokes must write themselves, right? But for acclaimed editorial cartoonist Kal Kallaugher, the craft of... Read more
SAF Work with APHIS on Geraniums, Certification, Farm Bill Funds
Continuing the strong emphasis on collaboration and communication between the floral industry and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), SAF’s senior director of gover... Read more