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City Council candidates get variety of support
Daily Pilot … open seats on Nov. 4 for the five-member council. About half of Righeimer’s donors are out-of-town interests, usually from real estate development. Others, though — including several thousand from Metro Pointe-related businesses — are from Costa … |
Lifesite |
Obama administration grants US citizenship to foreign surrogate mothers and …
Lifesite Formally known as the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, the bill gave preferential immigration status to anyone related to a U.S. citizen in the name of “family reunification.” Once a family … One donor reported having no problems during … |
TIMEThe Best Ways to Donate to Help Fight EbolaTIMEThe Internal Revenue Service this week added to the mix of donation options specifically related to the Ebola outbreak by allowing American workers to donate vacation, sick time, or personal leave. Und…
Boston Globe |
A guide to campaign finance reform
Boston Globe Hundreds of millions of dollars of special interest money — much of it from undisclosed donors and spent on mostly negative advertising by vaguely defined advocacy groups — is a result of the decision. The pieces below explore the corrupting … |
Bloomberg |
Chris Lehane’s Found 1 Million Voters Who Can Save the World
Bloomberg Our opinion research makes clear we can employ such a jujitsu approach in this election by playing offense on the Republicans’ connection to their donors on issues related to climate change. In particular, the Koch brothers are becoming an electoral … |
Donors, Fareway step up to stock Salvation Army shelvesWaterloo Cedar Falls CourierIn a related effort, the Salvation Army is coordinating with the Fareway stores in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Evansdale and Waverly on a holiday food promotion. Customers at…
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Your Students, Your Schools: Des Moines, Saydel
DesMoinesRegister.com Families rotated through several classrooms where staff read to them, provided a related activity, and sent students off with a book of their own to take home. PTA joined in the … Media Club’s Donors Choose project reached its fundraising goal! The … |
Who funds the new Brookings?Washington PostIn the past decade, the Brookings Institution adopted a strategy of rapid growth and aggressive fundraising. The organization was responding to challenges facing many academic institutions, as foundations bega…
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At fast-growing Brookings, donors may have an impact on research agenda
Washington Post The Washington institution renowned for impeccable research and its clout as an independent policy architect has in recent years placed an emphasis on expansion and fundraising — giving scholars a bigger role in seeking money from donors and giving … |
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Correctional officers collect supplies for Ebola stricken Liberia
Baltimore Sun But the Baltimore-based organization has gotten less donations related to Ebola than it does for natural disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes, said Emily Sollie, a spokeswoman of the relief group. “Our donors tend to respond more to natural … |