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Meetings, Destinations Get Ready for Solar Eclipse

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I hadn’t thought about that sides of things myself, until I came across an article in The Washington Post this week about how the Little League World Series is going to handle the eclipse, which will pass through its Williamsport, Pennsylvania, complex a little after 1 p.m. Explore St. Louis has a list of events on its website.

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An Association Just for Millennials? New Advocacy Group Aims High

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The Association of Young Americans hopes to represent to Washington an entire demographic of people: those between the ages of 18 and 35. Former Wyoming Sen. Ben Brown, the group’s founder, was inspired to launch the group based on the comments of a former senator.

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Study: Association CEO Gender Gap Isn’t Going Away

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The Washington Post notes that the energy industry has suffered some regulatory setbacks recently and asks, “Is Kuhn actually worth 3.4 In Washington, DC, however, the gap is much smaller—with women making 90.4 cents in Wyoming to 13.3 million in 2011. times as much as Bailey?”. cents for each dollar a man makes.

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

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In 2012, the disparity was smallest in Washington, DC, where women were paid 90 percent of what men were paid. It was largest in Wyoming, where women earned 64 percent of what men did. AAUW analyzed how the pay disparity affects women of all ages, ethnicities, and education levels. For example: There is a pay gap in all 50 states.

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National Park Foundation Campaign Targets Younger Generation of Park Goers

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“Tap the screen and within seconds you’ll be speaking with a ranger or park visitor at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming or at Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia, and exploring what the park has to offer in real time.”.

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Associations Aid National Parks Amid Funding Concerns

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The Grand Teton Association, which has helped support Grand Teton National Park in Moose, Wyoming, by running the onsite bookstore and donating the proceeds to the park, was able to secure a one-time donation of $135,000 with help from the Laurance Rockefeller Preserve Center and an anonymous private donor.

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Four States Put Up So Parks Don’t Stay Shut Up

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Governors in Nevada and Washington told the Associated Press that their governments could not afford to pay to reopen parks in those states. A spokesman for Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) told the news service simply, “[W]e cannot use state money to do the work of the federal government.”.