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This event is held in Miami and sponsored by a variety of book publishers and the LWV's new partner, the American Library Association(ALA). You must RSVP>>>

Eager to enjoy a second campaign success, Better Wyoming invites interested community members to join them at their launch meeting.  So far, their idea is:  "... turn out huge numbers of informed voters in BOTH elections this year who care

This is Day 1.  Early childhood education takes up most of the day.  Mid-afternoon schools of choice will become the topic of study.  This is Day 1. Early childhood education fills most of the day. In the afternoon, they will

Tara Watson of Brookings and Madeline Zavodny of the University of North Florida, and political scientists Elaine Kamarck of Brookings and Ruy Teixeira of the American Enterprise Institute will discuss both the politics and economics of immigration.

This is Day 2.  The morning program is about reading interventions and assessment.  Topics of career and technical education bring us to the end of the committee's time in Laramie.  Their next meeting will be August 28 - 29 in

The 2nd Continental Congress first called for a common flag for the United States in 1777.  In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson first made June 14 "Flag Day."   This day became a federal holiday in 1949.  The Pledge of Allegiance was

The 1796 election was the third, and it was contested: Adams v. Jefferson, and Adams won by 3 votes. This made Jefferson the VP even though he was not in the party of Adams. By the 1800 election, Aaron Burr

Look at proportional representation.   Join this nationwide group for a half-hour presentation and small-group discussion.  You must pre-register.  Read more>>>

On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Texas to ensure that enslaved people be freed.  President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation  more than two years earlier.  Since the proclamation did not include border and rebel areas, slavery for African