While I was looking at appliances in Home Depot this week, an announcement throughout the store warned shoppers that any house built before the 1970s still may have lead-based paint on the walls and posing a risk to residents. This risk extends to many houses across...
As many of you know, the federal government established the Paycheck Protection Program to help businesses with payroll and other operating expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP loan was designed to be forgiven, but what legislators did not take into...
As part of PIA’s Virtual Advocacy Day last week, PIANJ and NJYIP leaders met with staff from the offices of New Jersey’s congressional delegation. PIANJ and NJYIP leadership included the following: PIANJ President Steve Radespiel,PIANJ President-elect Mike DeStasio...
As part of PIA’s Virtual Advocacy Day last Wednesday, PIACT and CTYIP leaders met with staff members from the offices of Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Rep. John Larson, D-1, and Rep. Jim Himes, D-5. PIACT and CTYIP leadership included...
PIANY leaders met with their congressional representatives and staffers from the offices of 10 New York representatives from May 11-13. These meetings were part of PIA National’s PIA Advocacy Day. Discussions focused mainly around four key issues: flood insurance,...
PIANH President Lyle W. Fulkerson, Esq., and PIANH President-elect, Keith T. Maglia, met with representatives from each of New Hampshire’s congressional offices—including a thorough discussion with Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas—last Wednesday to discuss PIA’s federal...
This year, New Jersey PIAPAC is watching the New Jersey state elections because all 120 of New Jersey’s state legislators are up for reelection in November. The deadline to register to vote is 21 days before the election, and you can check your registration status on...
We are in the final stretch of the Connecticut General Assembly’s 2021 legislative session. The committees all have wrapped up their work, and the state House of Representatives and state Senate now are in the full swing of holding session days, during which each...
Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census to count all persons in the country as set forth, however vaguely, in Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. The 2020 census count found that New York state lost over 20 million people in the...
PIANY leaders participated in Albany Lobby Day, which took place virtually last week and this week. PIANY President John Tomassi, CPCU; President-elect Tim Dean; Vice President David Sidle II, CIC, CPIA; Treasurer Gary Slavin, CLTC, CIC; Secretary Richard Andrews,...