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Federation Focus: Offshore Sailing Quandary, Sport Climbing Election 04/28/21 Sailing Weighs Offshore Boats for Paris 2024 World Sailing faces a June 8 decision deadline by the IOC on whether double-handed offshore event will be contested in the 2024 Olympics. The international federation had decided in 2018 on a 10-event program for Paris that includes the offshore event. But the IOC has since raised questions, concerned about the complexity of TV coverage and logistical concerns. The IOC h...

Staying in the game: how IFs are surviving the Covid crisis Clare Briegal, CEO of the International Netball Federation speaking at the MEI International Federations Summit Host City joined in the conversation between IOC Recognised International Sports Federations at the MEI International Federations Summit to find out how they are weathering the storm – and their hopes of inclusion in LA28 Make no mistake, the rights holders of international events are in the middle of a fight...

The thirteenth week of the 2021 legislative session was spent primarily in floor debate passing bills.  It may surprise many of you that the vast majo

Author: Rachel Droze Updated: 6:41 PM CDT April 7, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers took steps to restrict abortion rights in the state and prevent tax dollars from going to abortion services, but it could be years before any changes are made.  On Tuesday, the Iowa Senate approved language in a proposed Constitutional amendment that would make it so the Constitution would not recognize, grant or secure a persons right to an abortion.  It also wouldnt re...

Tennessee Republican wants to permanently block recreational marijuana through state constitution Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean While states across the country are embracing marijuana legalization, a Republican legislator in Tennessee passed the first hurdle Wednesday in permanently blocking recreational weed in the state. Rep. Brandon Ogles of Franklin received approval in the House criminal justice subcommittee for House Joint Resolution 140, which would amend the sta...

Rep. Brandon Ogles of Franklin moved the proposal out of the first House committee.

Eusebio Serrano, In memoriam On February 28, former Managing Director at OJD Spain, Eusebio Serrano, passed away. Eusebio was a reference person for OJD Spain for more than 30 years. He started his professional career in 1965, at the beginning of our offices activity, auditing print media and was appointed Managing Director in 1996, a position he held when he retired in 2013. His knowledge and experience in press circulation and auditing services was recognized at many conferences and seminars ...

IT IS TIME to expose a poison pill lurking in the Constitution of Virginia.

This is a bad policy. Let a person be elected as many times as the members of a legislative body want to elect them. The odds of another Madigan every happening again are miniscule, but term limits are undemocratic. “The odds of another Madigan every happening again are miniscule” In Illinois politics? I’m going to go ahead and doubt this theory. Give credit where credit is due. The Speaker seems serious about reform. ==The Speaker seems serious about reform.== I’m not disagreeing, b...

With Madigan out, now is the time to reform the House Rules With Madigan out, now is the time to reform the House Rules The House Rules allowed Madigan to accumulate unprecedented power in the Illinois speaker’s office and helped enable a culture of corruption in Springfield. With Madigan out, reformers have a shot at changing the House Rules. After more than three decades as speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Michael Madigan’s own caucus voted him out of the office follow...