The New York State Dental Association (NYSDA) and its Manhattan affiliate, The New York County Dental Society (NYCDS) are most likely not going to be flashing their pearly-whites at one another anytime soon. That’s after the state association got the New York legislature to pass a bill the state society deems as standard and not unusual, but what its local chapter classifies as a “self-serving” abuse of power and an assault on democracy.

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By Jonathan Trager

Two weeks after violent rainstorms submerged the city, the Cedar Rapid CVB has had to relocate to the city’s Lindale Mall and is struggling to attain some sense of normalcy, Executive Director Tim Boyle told USAE.

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By Jonathan Trager

The Louisiana legislature has voted to appropriate $3.5 million to help New Orleans tourism in the wake of Hurricane Katrina—well below the amount the $23 million that tourism and convention leaders had requested.
The appropriation was passed on June 22 as part of the state’s $30 billion operating budget, which includes increased funding for education, healthcare, and earmarks. The New Orleans CVB will also receive $750,000 to assist in hosting the January 2009 convention of the Professional Convention Management Association.
The CVB had originally requested $4 million to help meet current operating expenses and $10 million for marketing and advertising to replace a $17 million federal grant that expired June 30.

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A work stoppage at The Greenbrier resort appears to have been averted, at least until next year – or earlier if an ongoing labor dispute can be resolved.
The Greenbrier and the nine unions representing workers at the White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., property signed a no-strike, no-lockout agreement, they said in a joint statement June 20. The agreement lasts until they can shake hands on a new contract or until Jan. 4, 2009, whichever comes first.

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