Management Council meets to discuss interim topics

This joint council has five members from each chamber.  They will meet in Executive Session on March 21 and will be both onsite and live streamed session on March 23.   Link here to the Agenda.

Angela Davis will speak at UW

UPDATE!!!!  Watch a recording of this talk.   Go to link>>>   WY Institute of for Humanities Research The Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research revealed their distinguished spring lecturer will be Angela Davis. She will give her lecture on Tuesday, March

Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries

This talk is the second of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library.  The other dates are March 2 and May 4. The theme for this event is“Reintroduction of Bison:

Strategies for Bipartisan Immigration Action

This zoom session is hosted by the LWVUS Immigration Interest Group.  The speaker, Theresa Cardinal Brown, is a Senior Advisor on Immigration and Border Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center in DC.  Until recently, Ms. Brown was the Managing Director

Faculty Senate 2023 Speaker Series Choice: The Art of Quitting

Talented UW faculty are selected twice yearly to receive this coveted award.  This semester Dr. Jeff Lockwood.  The flyer for his talk, shown below, suggests the humor we can expect during the conversation.   On campus, find Jeff on the 2nd

Ratification of this 23rd Amendment about DC Electors

Amendment 23 was passed in 1961. A 1978 effort to ratify a constitutional amendment giving DC voting representation in Congress failed. Its text appears below.  Read more>>> Section 1. A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole

Introducing the (new) LWVUS Legal Center

Join LWVUS for a walkthrough of our new Legal Center, a one-stop shop for locating the League's litigation at the national, state, and local level. This webinar is a great resource for League leaders and members tracking their litigation work. 

Brookings Institute Panels: Health Research & Quality

On April 25, the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets will hold a workshop for young scholars to explore these topics.  Of particular interest might be the 20 minute intro at 11:00 and the rural example described here.  Read more>>>

Country 1st: US Campfire virtual rally

Join the MT Chapter of Country First, co-chaired by former state legislators Joel Krautter and Bruce Grubbs,  virtually for a gathering. Country First is led by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).  It supports campaigns with a tailored combination of fundraising, advertising, texting, grassroots

Library of Congress historians discuss the 1865 equal rights petition

Library subject specialists Michelle Krowl and Ahmed Johnson will explore the historical context of the document and provide genealogical research related to the thousands of names on the petition.   Since this petition is also a new transcribing project, information about

‘How to Rig an Election’: Tom Hanks & Jeffery Robinson

Hanks & Robinson, former ACLU deputy legal director, have produced a short, animated film about the contested and consequential 1876 presidential.  The Washington Post’s Kate Woodsome will moderate the conversation about  “How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of

Reading Jackie: her autobiography in books

The National First Ladie's Library sponsors this zoom event and it's one of their monthly Legacy Lectures.  In describing both the book and this lecture, author William Kuhn writes:  She was a book editor in New York for nearly two