Embed from Getty Images The 116th Congress members-elect pose for a group photo on the East Front Plaza of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 14, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)... Read more
The United States has agreed to temporarily delay the escalation of certain additional tariffs on floriculture hard goods produced in China from 10 percent to 25 percent, an increase that wa... Read more
In response to a recent decision handed down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, SAF joined other agricultural organizations in calling fo... Read more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in Wyoming and Colorado during the week of August 6, and the agency would like to hear from you.... Read more
House Ways Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced that he would begin to lay the groundwork for a new round of legislation to provide additional tax relief, building on tax ref... Read more
As Congress approaches its August recess there are only 12 legislative days left before a possible government shut down on September 30. That’s 12 days for Congress to pass legislation to k... Read more
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it was rescinding the Obama Administration’s “persuader” rule, also known as the “employer gag rule.” The rule went into effect in July 2016 and... Read more
A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent announcement th... Read more
Changes To Meals And Entertainment Tax Deductibility
As noted in the December 22, 2017 Week In Review, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed by Congress made significant changes to many portions of the tax code. On January 9, 2018, SAF provided its... Read more
Like the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), requests by SAF and CAD attendees for the continued publication of the Floriculture Crops Report have made significant progress... Read more