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MCC Action Alert: Support Peace and Development in Uganda

Mary Stata wrote 3 days ago: Matthew Lester/MCC Action Click here to send an e-mail to your Member of Congress, urging them to … more →

Tags: action alerts, Africa, Militarism, Uganda, Lord's Resistance Army

NFCA Legislative Update

Blog Editor wrote 4 days ago: When Congress returns from the Independence Day recess for a one-month session prior to the August … more →

Iran updates

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach wrote 1 week ago: A resolution in the House encouraging negotiation of an incidents-at-sea agreement with Iran continu … more →

Tags: Middle East

Effective Advocacy Shows Results

John Pike wrote 2 weeks ago: DPSOA Members: The article below is a sober reminder of the challenges that state law enforcement ag … more →

Tags: 13th Check, Advocacy, pay raise

Climate Bill Passes House 219-212

Tammy Alexander wrote 3 weeks ago: Earlier this evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy & Secur … more →

Tags: Environment Issues, News Stories

Climate Bill Vote Soon

Tammy Alexander wrote 3 weeks ago: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, … more →

Tags: action alerts, Environment Issues

401k Advice and Fee Disclosure

401kguy wrote 4 weeks ago: The qualified plans arena has been notoriously thin on fee transparency for years. The responsibilit … more →

DPSOA Legislative Update: June 1, 2009 - 81st Session - Sine Die

John Pike wrote 1 month ago: The 81st Legislature ended today with Sine Die. The DPS Officers Association is very pleased that mo … more →

Tags: 13th Check, Brian Hawthorne, communications, Er..s, Forensic, Gary Chandler, Retirees

DPSOA Legislative Update - May 28, 2009: DPS Sunset Bill Passes Senate with Pro-Association Amendment

John Pike wrote 1 month ago: The DPS Sunset Bill, HB 2730, passed the Senate last night with a little over an hour to spare befor … more →

Tags: Brian Hawthorne, Gary Chandler, HB 2730, Sen. Whitmire, Sunset

"Making Foreign Aid More Effective"

Gabe Schlabach wrote 1 month ago: Mary Stata writes about reforming U.S. foreign aid in the latest issue of PeaceSigns.  An excerpt: F … more →

Tags: Africa, Asia, Global Economic Justice, Latin america Issues, Middle East, Militarism, Articles

DPSOA Legislative Update - 5/21/2009: ERS Omnibus Bill Ammendment Proposed

John Pike wrote 1 month ago: ERS Omnibus Bill Considers an Amendment to Shore Up the Fund. DPSOA’s legislative consultant, … more →

Tags: Er..s, Robert Duncan

DPSOA Legislative Update - 5/21/2009: Good News for Retirees!

John Pike wrote 1 month ago: In a late hour meeting last night, the SB1 Conference Committee worked out a one-time 13th check pay … more →

Tags: DPS Officer Association’s Legislative Committee, 13th Check, Retirees, sb1, conference committee

DPSOA Legislative Update - 5/19/2009: Pay Raise for Schedule C Commissioned Officers On the Way!1 comment

John Pike wrote 2 months ago: Good news came as the Conference Committee adopted Senate Bill 1 which included a significant pay ra … more →

Tags: pay raise

Legislative Ally Falls Ill; Troopers Respond - May 13, 2009

brianhawthorne wrote 2 months ago: Rep. Edmund Kuempel DPSOA Members: I’m sorry to report  that one of our friends in the legisla … more →

Tags: kuempel, Zerwas

DPSOA Legislative Update/Call to Action! - Schedule C Pay Raise in Jeopardy

John Pike wrote 2 months ago: As I have previously reported to our Membership, the DPSOA Legislative Committee and other key membe … more →

Tags: Call to Action, Brian Hawthorne, Gary Chandler, Sen. Ogden, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Budget, pay raise, sb1

DPSOA Legislative Update - May 8, 2009

John Pike wrote 2 months ago: SB 687 – Personal Injury Bill by Hegar Heads to the Governor for Signature DPSOA worked closel … more →

Tags: legislation, 13th Check, SB 687, HB 2730, Kolkhorst, legislative, hegar, driver, Uresti

New dental residency coming to Swedish

Swedish wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to support from the state legislature, a new dental residency program will be established at … more →

Swedish’s new medical home attempts to address primary-care crisis

Swedish wrote 2 months ago: Access to primary care is a critical issue in the nation’s health-care crisis. Swedish is piloting a … more →

Weird Science: Maddening Visa Policies For World's Brightest And What You Can Do About It

Vonda K. Vandaveer wrote 3 months ago: On the heels of yesterday’s post about the proposed STAPLE Act, today the Washington Post ran … more →

Tags: Interesting Immigration News, Immigration, scholars, Scientists, visa


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