Let the People Vote, Houston (LPVH) the group that was instrumental in passing Houston's Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR Houston) in 2004 has mailed thousands of flyers to educate Houstonians on why they should vote against Proposition G (Prop G) on next week's ballot. Houston citizens will receive the latest mailing released today spelling out why passing Prop G would cause a significant increase in the property taxes. The mailer prints homeowners' actual property taxes for 2005. Read more…
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Nov. 1 from the U.S. Census Bureau Read more…
The Department of Justice today reached a settlement resolving allegations of racial discrimination with the owner and operator of Eve, a nightclub in Milwaukee, Wis. The Justice Department alleged that the nightclub discriminated against African-American patrons by denying them admission into the nightclub for false reasons. The settlement requires the nightclub to implement changes to its policies and practices in order to prevent such discrimination. Read more…
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Ken Mehlman will travel throughout the state of Missouri with local candidates and officials to rally grassroots volunteers on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 and Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. Read more…
Advancement Project and Project Vote reached a settlement agreement with the Maryland State Board of Elections to protect the voting rights of voter registration applicants who have been classified as "pending" because their identification number did not produce an exact match against the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration or Social Security Administration database. Read more…
Project Vote today contacted the St. Louis Board of Elections to express its concerns that recent actions taken by the Board may suppress votes of the St. Louis minority community and violate federal and state voting rights laws in the Nov. 7 elections. Read more…
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Croats believe investigations of war crimes committed during the 1991-95 war of independence, including those by its own troops, are justified and should be pursued, a survey released on Monday showed. Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO has insufficient troops in Afghanistan to secure a victory over Taliban fighters in the coming months, the alliance's top commander said in an interview published on Wednesday. Read more…
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its sister organization the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), have announced that Chase Paymentech Solutions, Global Payments Inc., HSBC North America and Washington Mutual have joined the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography. Read more…
Researchers have evaluated improvements in the end-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) and have shared their findings in a special supplement to Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The supplement is dedicated entirely to end-of-life care in the critical care setting. Read more…
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), the Verizon Foundation and First Lady of Iowa Christie Vilsack today announced the creation of the first national awards designed to reward programs that make it easier for parents and caregivers to understand and participate in the technology that their children use. Read more…
Following is a release from the Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Libertarian Society Read more…
With less than a week before Election Day, Change to Win (CtW) Chair Anna Burger will join CtW affiliate members in several key states who are pounding the pavement in greater numbers than any previous midterm to build the political power needed to strengthen workers' voices at all levels of government. Read more…
Home sales are expected to hold fairly steady in the months ahead, according to the latest reading on pending home sales published by the National Association of Realtors(R). Read more…
Working Families for Wal-Mart (WFWM), a national organization with more than 150,000 volunteer members dedicated to getting the truth out about Wal- Mart's positive contributions to working families today announced the formation of its Indiana steering committee, the organization's sixth local committee. This group of Indiana community leaders will add their voices to the national discussion about Wal-Mart and lead the organization's efforts in the Hoosier State. Read more…
How many Americans know what is really going on in the Middle East? Perhaps Americans are working and playing too hard to get the true picture. What is brewing there comes with no promise to remain over there. Global conflicts dont remain over there anymore in our shrinking world. Read more…
The Brookings Institution and Sabanci University are pleased to announce the topic for the "Sakip Sabanci International Research Award" for this year. The topic for the 2007 Sakip Sabanci International Research Award is "Perceptions of Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East." The deadline for submissions for the 2007 Award is March 2, 2007. Read more…
The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) launched a national campaign today to urge older Americans to take advantage of no cost flu shots available to them through Medicare. Nearly 30 percent of Older Americans and an even higher percentage of minority elders are not immunized for flu each year. Older adults are at higher risk for complications from the flu, which can be life threatening. Flu season can begin as early as October and may last through March. The best time to get immunized for flu is in October or November; however December or later is still recommended, if a person has yet to be immunized. Read more…
Social Security, although best known as a retirement program, is an important source of income security for families with children, including families of servicemembers who risk their lives in military service, according to a new brief released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Read more…
Robert M. Brandon & Associates today issued the following memorandum on election administration problems and solutions Read more…
Today MAPLight.org, dedicated to illuminating money and politics, announced the results of its new study "Local Politics, Remote Money." According to the study, 78 percent of the money for California legislative races is provided by funders outside legislators' districts. Read more…
> The Washington, D.C. premiere of a new film by Rob McGann American Zeitgeist: Crisis & Conscience in an Age of Terror will be held at the National Press Club on Thursday, Nov. 2. The award-winning documentary takes an historical look at the underlying fractures of the War on Terrorism from 1979 to the present. The film places the intended and unintended consequences of America's actions into sharp relief, with a balanced narrative that captures the cultural and political "spirit of the times." Read more…
A bi-partisan group of 44 House members have asked Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt to delay Medicare cuts to power wheelchairs that will make it difficult for beneficiaries to receive mobility equipment. Read more…
Jerry Lewis, national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), has asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to postpone new Medicare pricing and coverage policies for power wheelchairs, citing the policies' negative impact on people with muscular dystrophy and other severe disabilities. Read more…