The WY Legislative Service Office (LSO) has its annual meeting Aug 4-6 in Boston. Many sessions are live-streamed on C-Span. See the list of sessions here>>> Today'ssessions include the impact of SCOTUS, housing crisis, citizenship & voting, property taxes, overdose
This one-day meeting is the penultimate for the Interim Judiciary Committee. Their agenda includes discussions about eight bill drafts, including estate planning, sexually explicit books in public libraries, and stalking & grooming children. There will also be updates from agencies
Today's morning business is all about electricity and transparency, and after lunch the topic shifts to housing and mortgages. The day ends with the controversial issue of who may pay dues to the associations of elected officials, such as WCCA.
Today's morning business is all about 11 voting bills, and after lunch the topic shifts to the regulatory sandbox and two bill drafts. The 11th voting bill contains revisions to voter registration. As of 7/28, there were no handouts posted
The timeline for today's nonprofits began with the Tariff Act of 1794: nonprofits were not taxed. In 1974, National Volunteer Day was declared. In 2012, the tradition of "Giving Tuesday" began, and in that year, nonprofits raised $887.3B. According to
The US Secretary of State announced ratification when he called Carrie Chapman Catt. Ms. Catt was the president of the North American Woman Suffrage Association. Carrie Chapman Catt. Collections of the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/97500090/) Tennessee was the 36th and
Every third Thursday is an opportunity for League leaders and members to discuss voter suppression, election issues, or legal advocacy directly with LWVUS litigation staff. Litigation office hours are good for state and local League Board members and any members
After the last state ratified (3/4 of the total), it became official when it was certified by the U.S. Secretary of State. This civic holiday was created by a House Resolution submitted by the NY activist Bella Abzug. It didn't
1963 March leaders In 1963, 150,000 Black people and 60,000 white people fulfilled a plan first discussed in the 1940s. They presented a list of ten demands. Those demands resulted in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil
