Associations Now

JULY 8, 2013

More details on the issue: The problem: In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, late last year, a number of districts in such states as Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota have considered giving educators the choice to carry weapons on campus.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

If you’ve been paying attention to your local news lately, you may have heard about a little post-Christmas ruckus at your local mall. Some examples: More than 1,000 teens reportedly participated in a series of fights at a Pittsburgh-area mall the day after Christmas. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Of the 1,500 such bills that have been introduced in the 12 months since, according to The New York Times , 109 have passed—with nearly two-thirds of the laws loosening restrictions, according to a graphic produced by the paper. The second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. Associations have taken part in many of these efforts.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

To do that, the group has launched a new initiative, Scholars Under Attack , to highlight the situations of academics facing discipline, reprimand, or other consequences for such reasons as their academic work and exercising their right to free speech. “And it was relatively disheartening.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

As it turns out, the one thing Kansas City, Missouri, was missing in its effort to boost its convention business was a bunch of hotel rooms. Already, the city has been seeing some big returns from that decision: This month, three associations announced that they would bring their conferences to Kansas City. Hot Commodities.

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