Sep 17, 2015 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Industry Events, Uncategorized
Agricultural products come in many shapes and sizes, in-spite of this variability they have important things in common such as providing livelihoods to many families living in the rural parts of our Country. Whether the crop is soy beans or logs, they have...
Aug 6, 2014 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Economics, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, General, Industry News, News, Safety
July 2014 By Brian Nelson, ALC President Are you concerned about the future of the timber industry? If not, you are most likely in the minority. Mill closures, mergers, high cost of raw materials, shortage of qualified operators, the constant barrage of government...
Jan 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations
By Danny Dructor, Executive Vice-President By the time that this editorial goes to press in February, a delegation of the American Loggers Council will have already made its way to Washington, DC to measure the mood of the members of the new Congress, or in better...
Nov 16, 2012 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Governor LePage, SCOTUS, Taxation
Maine Issues Letter to Federal Health Officials Opting Out of Health Insurance Exchanges AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today reiterated his recommendation that the State of Maine will not develop a state-based health insurance exchange as part of the...
Sep 4, 2012 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations
By Jim Geisinger – Chair, ALC Legislative Committee Well, it is September and at the end of this month a new fiscal year will begin for the government of the United States of America. When the American Loggers Council and its many allied associations around the...
Jun 28, 2012 | Business Impact, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, General, SCOTUS, Taxation
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling Thursday, upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went...