League Recognizes National Women’s Health Week (Blog) 5/16/2012 It is National Women’s Health Week– and groups around the nation are taking a moment to recognize the importance of women’s health, and the impact…
Honoring our Mothers (Blog) 5/11/2012 This is Public Service Recognition Week and this weekend, we celebrate Mother’s Day! In my roles as a career public servant and a mother, the League…
UPDATE – Judges Scold Texas over Delays in Voter ID Case (Blog) 5/10/2012 Earlier this week, the three federal judges tasked with reviewing Texas’ voter identification law issued an order scolding the state for its…
The League’s First BMENA Regional Meeting will be in Doha, Qatar (Blog) 5/8/2012 We’re excited to announce that we have finalized the location for our first meeting of the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA) –…
Money in Elections – What the League is Doing (Blog) 5/3/2012 We are all aware that the huge amount of special interest money, particularly in federal races, has been a problem for years. We also know that these…
Don’t handicap democracy, fully fund the courts (Blog) 5/1/2012 Today is Law Day and what better occasion to highlight the serious consequences of an underfunded justice system for our country. “While these…
The League’s Role as Executing Partner of the U.S. Government (Blog) 4/16/2012 We have made a lot of progress since our post last week! We have reached out and secured a core group of friends and partners to work with us to…
League looks on as STOCK Act becomes law (Blog) 4/4/2012 This morning, President Obama signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act into law and League Executive Director Nancy Tate got…
Time is now for disclosure: Why the League supports the DISCLOSE Act (Blog) 3/29/2012 Today, a Senate Committee takes up the issue of money in politics, specifically, whether we need disclosure of who is spending vast amounts of money…
VOTE411.org, Super Tuesday’s go-to resource (Blog) 3/5/2012 As you know, 10 states hold their presidential primary or caucus elections tomorrow. And the League wants you, and your friends and family, to have…