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Government Affairs: Status checks on H-2B and new pesticide rules
Photo: iStock.com/NinaMalyna Rolling the H-2B stone up the Hill again After a 35-day partial government shutdown, Congress passed a temporary three-week spending bill without — you guessed it — H-2B...
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Government Affairs: Is H-2B reform stuck in a time loop?
Photo: iStock.com/OGphoto For those of you who have seen the Bill Murray classic movie, “Groundhog Day,” the H-2B saga seems reminiscent. As part of the deal to end the partial shutdown of the federal...
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Government Affairs: EPA reaffirms safety of glyphosate, environmental groups...
On April 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an interim decision on the herbicide glyphosate that states, in part, “EPA continues to find that there are no risks to public health when...
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Government Affairs: EPA cancels registrations of 12 neonic pesticides
Photo: iStock.com/Skyhobo On May 20, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published notice in the Federal Register canceling the registrations of 12 neonicotinoid-containing pesticides...
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Government Affairs: Stay up to date on immigration law
Photo: iStock.com/vchal President Trump has made immigration enforcement the centerpiece of his administration. This enforcement thrust has increased the pressure on the landscape contracting industry...
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Government Affairs: We’ve made progress, but work-related injuries still too...
Photo: iStock.com/designer491 In the early 2000s, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed a list of seven target industries on which to concentrate its compliance and...
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E-Verify may be coming to your state soon
E-Verify if already required in some form in several states. (Photo: iStock.com/IvelinRadkov) The controversial federal E-Verify system may already be required for landscape contractors in your state....
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Government Affairs: H-2B efforts turn toward Homeland Security acting secretary
Photo: Getty Images / 400tmax Last December, Congress approved an additional 65,000 H-2B visas above the statutory limit of 66,000, subject, however, to the approval of the secretary of the Department...
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Government Affairs: The landscape industry needs more than 45,000 H-2B visas
Photo: a_Taiga/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images As expected, the annual statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas for the federal fiscal year 2019-2020 was reached on Feb. 18. This means that all for...
View ArticleRed, blue and green: What the 2020 U.S. election means for the landscape...
Britt Wood, CEO, and Andrew Bray, vice president, government relations, of the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), join LM Senior Editor Abby Hart to discuss the latest on the 2020...
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Britt Wood, CEO, and Andrew Bray, VP of government relations of the National Association of Landscape Professionals talk with LM Senior Editor Abby Hart about the second round of Paycheck Protection...
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The green industry needs your help
Long before I was in government relations, I was part of the professional lawn care industry. And long before that, I worked on my father’s golf course. Fertilizers and pesticides are necessary inputs...
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