South Carolina Office for Minority Affairs took one year and five months to vote on our petition. To date The Wassamasaw Indian Nation have not received written notification of an unfavorable recommendation from the State Recognition Committee. S.C. Code Section 1-31-4-(A)(10) State Recognition of Native American Indian Entities states: Whenever an entity receives an unfavorable recommendation from the State Recognition Committee, the entity will be notified by mail within five business days from the date of notification to the Board of the Commission. This notification will include the reason the unfavorable recommendation was given. The entity shall have ten business days from receipt of the notification letter to submit an appeal asking for reversal of that decision. The appeal must state clearly the reasons that the entity believes that the decision should be reversed. The Commission for Minority Affairs must receive the appeal in writing. Entities are barred from submitting new information, updated information, additional exhibits, charts, and/or any additional documentation that was not part of the original petition and considered by members of the State Recognition Committee.

On Aug 29th Edrinna Bryant was found guilty of Second degree Murder, but in the event of self-defense with her late boyfriend Lavell Hardy. Edrinna is a very compassionate person at hand, she has a 7 year old son that means more than the world to her. She loves her son unconditionally and does everything in her power to make a way for him, even to the extent of working two jobs. We all watched Edrinna grow up to become a considerate, amicable, calm, relaxed, affectionate, sincere, versatile, sympathetic, sensible, reserved, smart, loving, thoughtful, sociable, understanding, and warmhearted woman. We don't want to see her lose time within her life away from her growing son, at which she's all he has. Her son has already lost one parent and it hurts us tremendously, yet it has the possibly of destroying and traumatizing him. We all know with no doubt that she's excessively hurt and sorry for the unintended consequences that occurred while protecting herself.

Our government recognizes 13 wars in its history and countless conflicts around the globe. More than 100 million men and women have served in the military to defend the liberty and independence we have today. VeteransPlus created www.YellowRibbonMonth.org in hopes of giving Americans a virtual place to say thank you to military and Veteran families. VeteransPlus and many grateful Americans believe that the entire month of November should be dedicated to commemorate and honor Servicemembers, Veterans, and Families of the Fallen, especially the 25+ million Veterans living today.

Preventing people from either getting killed or any accidents from falling into any lakes, creeks, or rivers. Shut them down adding more rangers within the area. Also put signs on every pole that are there. this is the time we should put them up and make them bigger as well

I, Brooke Fitzgerald, would be personally willing to debate the changing of the dress code both as a fundraiser for the Twin Falls High School Speech and Debate team and because it is an issue that I am deeply passionate about. If Mr. Dickinson of the District or Mr. Allen of TFHS would like to contact me, my email is [email protected]. We the students, parents, and concerned members of Twin Falls School District wish for the new dress code policy to be changed from just above the knee to fingertip length because the rule was illogically created, it disenfranchises female and low-income students, and because the discipline committee's perception of "appropriateness" does not correspond with the perception of the general public. My name is Brooke Fitzgerald and I am a senior at Twin Falls High School. Upon doing my research on the dress code change, I found that the main reason mentioned by the administration for implementing the more stringent dress code was that the previous "mid-thigh" rule was too hard to enforce. Ease of administration is not a reason to force female students to abandon their constitutional rights to freedom of expression and equal treatment, as this rule inherently targets female students. The second reason behind the dress code change is increased professionalism. This is also nonsensical because a professional environment will not exist unless uniforms of suits and slacks are instated, which will elicit much more protest. Furthermore, I suspect that professionalism is not the main motivation for the change. When Brady Dickinson (Director of Operations for the Twin Falls School District) was interviewed by Brian Smith in the Times News, he mentioned nothing about "professionalism" as a rationale for the change. The fact that the majority of Twin Falls High School in particular lacks air-conditioning means that students (including myself) are faced with the choice between purchasing new clothes that they're uncomfortable in and wearing jeans, increasing their body temperature and decreasing their attention. This is a problem directed solely at female students, as the majority of skirts and shorts manufactured for women are at the fingertip or mid-thigh length. Many times it is not a matter of choice of style, but availability of style. Forcing students to comply with this nonsensical rule further disenfranchises female and low-income students, for no real reason other than the ambiguity of the term "mid-thigh". However, this is not only a student problem. The increased regulation and enforcement of the dress code has angered many parents, as they are forced to leave work or go out of their way to provide their children with clothes that are deemed as "appropriate," not by their parental judgement, but by a discipline committee that all but a select few of parents do not have input with. For these reasons and more, the dress code needs to be changed.

The MaineCare Transportation Contract with CTS has proven that working with an out of state broker,specifically CTS is a failed experiment that has greatly effected the quality of healthcare for MaineCare and Medicaid recipients. In the Department's own words, "The launch has not gone as planned and there have been widespread problems. Rides have been missed, people have not been able to reach the broker due to high call volume and some rides have been delivered inappropriately.The performance to date has been unacceptable and we are doing all that we can to hold the brokers accountable." This has effected the quality of care, the ability for providers to earn a living and deliver services and the revenue streams of agency. It has placed great burdens on those already dealing with difficult situations and will only serve to increase emergency room care, raise healthcare costs and limit access to healthcare for our most vulnerable populations.

i am concerned that what seems like a simple surgical strike in Syria could have huge consequences, especially if Russia escalates or raises the stakes.

To prevent Congressmen for profiting from connections in office while they are serving constituents, thus preventing them from benefitting from special interest groups.

Since Hurricane Katrina, migrant day laborers in New Orleans have been doing jobs to rebuild the city. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are conducting raids and surveillance on these workers instead of respecting workers' Constitutional rights to be free from racial discrimination, seek work on public streets, and to peaceably assemble. Now, two workers—Marlon and Jose—are facing imminent deportation for defending their right to organize! But it's not too late to stop their deportation. Marlon was targeted by plain-clothed ICE agents while looking for work. Jose was targeted by an undercover agent posed as a contractor looking for workers. Neither men have criminal backgrounds and both operations were in violation of ICE’s own polices on enforcement priorities. Marlon and Jose are going up against ICE in Immigration Court and need your support. If ICE knows Marlon and Jose have public support on their side, they'll be more likely to close the case. Please join us in telling ICE to stop the deportation of Marlon and Jose.

With current gridlock in Congress, and no action on our climate threat, it is becoming clear, that cities and states now hold in their power, a chance to take significant action. With the global mark of 400 parts per million of atmospheric carbon being passed in May 2013, it is clearly time to accelerate the 100% renewable agenda, at the city level. With blueprints now being published by Jacobson et al, for states to go 100% renewable, by 2030, cities are appropriate places to start. All 50 state blueprints are available at www.theSolutionsProject.org . Six states have legislation to create CCAs or Community Choice Aggregation, like Marin and Sonoma counties have, or are setting up, in CA. The 5 other states are IL, MA, OH, NJ and RI. See more details at Marin Clean Energy: https://mcecleanenergy.com . Creating a CCA enables a city, then its surrounding county, to facilitate more renewables into the market.

Disabled Students in Higher Education is a student group that educates and advocates for Disabled Students in College. UMKC does not support our group the way it supports other groups. DSHE needs funding to help disabled students return to college, get tutoring, or simply be able to send a letter to Vocational Rehabilitation. Please help by signing this petition.

Joe Hune's comments shows the contempt he holds for our friends, neighbors, and relatives who will benefit from having regular access to medical care thanks to the expansion of Medicaid in Michigan. Uncompensated care costs doctors and hospitals billions of dollars a year and this expansion will help prevent those costs from being passed on to us in higher insurance rates.