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  • Program Seeks More Students in Manufacturing Program Seeks More Students in Manufacturing
    HEBRON, Ky. — Their friends probably think manufacturing means working on an assembly line in a dark, dirty factory. But six rising juniors in Kenton County Schools now know differently - and this fall they will spread the word. The students, who attend...
  • Gov. Beshear Names New Education and Workforce Secretary Gov. Beshear Names New Education and Workforce Secretary
    FRANKFORT, Ky.  (June 14, 2013) – Governor Steve Beshear today named Thomas Zawacki of Georgetown as the new secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet effective July 1, 2013. “Tom has a deep understanding of the skills employers...
  • Manufacturers gather in Lexington to discuss energy Manufacturers gather in Lexington to discuss energy
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 16, 2013) — Manufacturers from across the state gathered Tuesday and Wednesday in Lexington to focus on energy issues, environmental requirements and their economic impacts. The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) hosts...
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National News

  • Making the Right Call for Jobs and the Economy
    Washington, D.C., – National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Vice President of Energy and Resources Policy Ross Eisenberg offered the following reaction to written testimony that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jennifer Moyer submitted to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, indicating the Corps’ decision against an all-encompassing programmatic or areawide environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest:
  • Manufacturers: Action Needed to Stop India’s Unfair Trade Practices
    Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is leading a wide range of U.S. business groups to form the Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) in an effort to urge President Obama to take high-level action against the Government of India for ongoing discriminatory trade practices.
  • Manufacturers Host “Outside-In” Forum on Immigration Reform
    Washington, D.C., June 12, 2013 – Today, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) hosted a dual town hall event in Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis, Minn. Cosponsored by Cargill, Microsoft and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the event brought a real-world perspective of immigration reform’s impact to the Beltway from business leaders and local officials who experience it firsthand on a daily basis.
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