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How a Local Restaurant Association Is Making Taco Tuesday for Everyone

Associations Now

The Wyoming fast-food chain Taco John’s trademarked it three decades ago and has fought hard to protect it, even though the term has become increasingly common over the years. But she notes that there’s also a bigger goal at play: OCRA hopes to open the phrase up to everyone else, creating a resource for taco culture in general.

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Associations Offer Help to Sheriffs Handling North Dakota Protest

Associations Now

Policing the protest has strained local law enforcement resources, which is why two separate associations—the Western States Sheriffs’ Association (WSSA) and the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)—have pledged to supply support for officers in Morton County.

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Study: The Gender Pay Gap Is Real—and It’s Not Changing

Associations Now

This guide is designed to empower our members and other advocates with the facts and resources they need to tell the simple truth about the pay gap. It was largest in Wyoming, where women earned 64 percent of what men did. For example: There is a pay gap in all 50 states.

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Wind Energy, Environmental Groups at Odds Over Eagle Rule

Associations Now

“This rule could lead to many unnecessary deaths of eagles,” National Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke said in a statement. In November, Duke Energy agreed to pay the federal government $1 million over the killing of 14 golden eagles and 149 other birds at two of its wind farms in Wyoming.

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How Arts Organizations Win Gold Medals in Social Media

Beth Kanter

My chorus, SFGMC brought 280 ppl to Denver to sing, and then we took a side trip to Laramie, Wyoming to perform a benefit concert for The Matthew Shepard Foundation. I was attending the once-every four-years GALA Choruses Festival , aka the Gay Chorus Olympics.