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21 Sep

Institute for Local Self-Reliance Launches 'Big Box Tool Kit'

This week, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) announced the launch of its Big Box Tool Kit, a new online resource for citizens groups working to stop sprawling big-box development, change their community's land use and economic development policies, and expand locally owned businesses.

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21 Sep

Frist Seeks Small Business Health Plan Vote This Month

This week, Kaisernetwork.org's Capitol Hill Watch reported that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is hoping to hold a vote this month on a revised "Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act," S. 1955 -- a bill that would allow business and trade associations to pool their members to offer group health coverage through Small Business Health Plans (SBHPs, also known as Association Health Plans). The legislation, which was introduced by Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), is co-sponsored by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen.

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21 Sep

SCBA Trade Show to be a Veritable Feast of Education and Authors

The Southern California Booksellers Association's (SCBA) Authors Feast and Trade Show will be held on Saturday, October 21, in Los Angeles, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Among the day's highlights will be the 2006 Authors Feast, Spoken Word Radio Show Luncheon, and ABA educational programs "Shop Local: Forming Business Alliances in Your Community" and "Handselling: Customer Service With Results."

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21 Sep

Energetic MPIBA Trade Show Enlightens and Invigorates

This year's Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) Fall Trade Show, held from Thursday, September 14, through Sunday, September 17, at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in Denver, "was a fantastic show," said Catherine Weller, of Sam Weller's in Salt Lake City, Utah, and MPIBA president. "There was increased bookseller attendance, high quality seminars....

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