How the Chamber helps the community
I am frequently asked “What does the Chamber of Commerce do?” or “Why should I be a member of the Chamber of Commerce?”I have...
Congress must protect vital drug patents from Wall Street attacks
Hedge-fund investors are coming to raid your medicine cabinet.Cutting-edge treatments for diseases affecting millions of Americans are threatened by Wall Street’s latest moneymaking scheme....
Is the U.S. already in another recession?
“I believe we’re already entering a recession in the U.S.”That was investor and market analyst Marc Faber’s prognosis of the U.S. economy on Dec....
AP’s biggest stories of 2015
As it has done every year since 1936, the Associated Press conducted a vote to select the top ten news stories of the previous...
The value of innovative medicines is worth the price
Doctors affiliated with the world-famous Mayo Clinic recently called out the pharmaceutical industry for the high cost of cancer drugs. They argue that the...
Commonly asked employment law questions
Q: I am supposed to get one fifteen-minute break during my shift, but my supervisor often tells me we are too busy for me...
Snowshoes opened Dad’s imagination
It was time to do it. I mean, Dud had specifically dropped more hints than World War II bombs that he had always craved...
Celebrating New Year’s resolutions
Annette George, owner of the Soup ‘R Market, picked up the list of her New Year’s resolutions:1. Replace cracked glass on the meat cooler.2....
2015: Obama’s transformative year
2015 may be remembered as the year when the world finally was turned upside down with actions once deemed so bizarre that they would...
Take the renewable fuel standard down to zero
The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued new rules dictating that 18 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended into America’s 2016 transportation fuel supply....
