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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 has asked the federation to come up with an alternative to consider that would keep the number of sai...

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 for survival. “With no ability to travel around the world for international events, it’s an exi...

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 person's right to an abortion.  It also wouldn't require public tax dollars to be used to pay for abortions.  In 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled ...

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 state constitution to prohibit future General Assemblies from permitting recreational drug use. © Sub...