Just like in real life, Victoria 3 features a life-like political system that plays a major role in the stability of your country. In this game, imposing new laws is in your hands, but there’s a ...

In this series, we celebrate special interest groups. Whether you get together to play tennis, board games, take long walks, eat lunch, create art, connect with your neighbors or gather with friends, ...

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — The 8th grade students at Holland Middle School are bringing their passions to life. During school hours, they’ve broken up into interest groups to make a difference in their ...

SIGs are another way for OLLI@SCU members to continue lifelong learning beyond the classroom. Meeting regularly, SIGS not only provide new and enriching opportunities to form friendships with other ...

Local Interests: Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in U.S. City Governments, by Sarah F. Anzia (University of Chicago Press, 312 pp., $35) Before a meeting on the city budget, a tense silence ...

A year of gridlock amid divided government and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill drove down spending by the biggest interest groups by about 13 percent in 2023 from the previous year. In a year in ...

Shadowy special-interest groups sometimes spend as much money on negative political advertisements as the campaigns of major candidates spend. Loopholes in campaign-finance laws open the door to big ...

Host at least one social event per month. Respond promptly to new member inquiries. Participate in quarterly check-ins with the ERC. Keep group webpages and communications up to date. The CU Boulder ...

SACRAMENTO — California voters were first empowered to govern by ballot measure in 1911. But it took almost seven decades and the anti-tax crusade of a cantankerous, fist-shaking businessman to reveal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Payday lenders got regulators to rethink rules on how closely to vet borrowers. E-cigarette makers got a delay in federal oversight of many vaping products. Candy makers praised a ...

All donations took place during the 2003-2004 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on September 15, 2013. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please ...

With the regular legislative session starting today, Arkansas lobbyists and advocacy groups are expecting lawmakers to address issues that range from Medicaid reimbursement rates to farming lessons in ...