News Items - Benton / West City Area Chamber of Commerce.

News from the U.S. Chamber - March 29, 2918 Chamber Friends – Below is the weekly update of U.S. Chamber items published between March 21st and March 28th. As always, feel free to use any of this material in your communications with your members. Thanks! Chamber Friends – Below is the weekly update of U.S. Chamber items published between March 21st and March 28th.  As always, feel free to use any of this material in your communications with your members. Thanks!   Upcoming Events: Chamber Gras 2018 - Chamber Federation Advocacy & Growth Conference – This year, the U.S. Chamber is partnering with the Council of State Chambers and the Association of State Chamber Professionals in New Orleans to produce a conference jam-packed with valuable advocacy and communications workshops, keynote presentations and plenty of networking opportunities.  Plan to join us in The Big Easy on September 12th, 13th, and 14th for discussions of issues that matter most at the local, state, and federal levels, and share strategies with chamber professionals from all over the country on how best to address them. Registration information will be coming soon, but you can reserve your room now at the Intercontinental New Orleans.  Make your room reservation on-line, or call 1-800-439-4745 and mention US Chamber of Commerce to receive our preferred rate.   Recent Postings to www.USChamber.com, www.FreeEnterprise.com and www.WorkforceFreedom.com: As Election Looms, Business Optimism Soars by THOMAS J. DONOHUE – Monday, March 26, 2018 Keith Hernandez, Game Winning RBI, and How Pay Ratio Strikes Out by BRIAN P. O'SHEA – Wednesday, March 28, 2018 WHAT’S HOTTER THAN RUNNING A FOOD TRUCK IN THE ORLANDO HEAT? THIS HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM WHO DO JUST THAT by CORDELL EDDINGS AND CASSIE HODGES – Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Four Myths about the Senate’s Banking Bill and Why They’re Wrong by BRIAN DANER – Tuesday, March 27, 2018 HOW AN OLD AMBULANCE BECAME THE HOME OF SOME OF MICHIGAN’S BEST COFFEE by CORDELL EDDINGS AND CASSIE HODGES – Tuesday, March 27, 2018 HOW A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA LED TO ONE OF PORTLAND’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER EATS by CORDELL EDDINGS AND CASSIE HODGES – Monday, March 26, 2018 Tax Reform Boosts Middle Market Business Confidence to an All-Time High by SEAN HACKBARTH – Friday, March 23, 2018 On Tariffs, Don’t Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory by J.D. FOSTER – Friday, March 23, 2018 One Way to Lower Health Care Premiums by 40% by THOMAS J. DONOHUE – Thursday, March 22, 2018 Here’s How to Make Cities Smarter by TIM DAY – Thursday, March 22, 2018 Question Time on Trade by JOHN G.MURPHY – Wednesday, March 21, 2018   Recent U.S. Chamber Press Releases: U.S. Chamber's Donohue Statement on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement – Wednesday, March 28, 2018 U.S. Chamber Releases New Paper on Need for Business and Law Enforcement Collaboration to Combat Cybercrime – Tuesday, March 27, 2018 U.S.-UK Business Council Statement on European Council Meeting, Brexit Transition – Friday, March 23, 2018 U.S. Chamber Releases CFPB Reform Agenda – Friday, March 23, 2018 Published: 03/29/18