SACRAMENTO – Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins reminded employers Tuesday they will have one month starting next Monday to apply for a share of $45 million in tax credits to help expand and make new hires. The program, California Competes, is available to businesses of any size, and a quarter of the money has been…
WASHINGTON – A ground-breaking report published today by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation reveals that 40 percent of more than 10,000 LGBT youth surveyed by the organization identify as bisexual — and many of them say they face more challenges coming out and gaining acceptance than their lesbian and gay peers. The Supporting and Caring…
San Diego’s bicycle lovers, beer connoisseurs and carnival fiends bring out their strangest attire and rejoice because Tour de Fat is back. The event kicks off with a costumed bicycle parade that winds through city streets and ends in Golden Hill Park, where the rest of the day’s entertainment shines with musical acts, yo-yo performers,…
The third anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) found the U.S. military intact and stronger than ever. Media Matters For America reports that despite the utter failure of their previous doomsday predictions to materialize, the same voices of opposition to DADT are now making similar prophecies about potential moves to lift…
NEW YORK – The Ad Council’s Board of Directors announced today that Lisa Sherman will serve as the organization’s next president and CEO. Ms. Sherman was most recently the executive vice president and general manager of LogoTV, part of Viacom Media Networks. She succeeds Peggy Conlon, who announced her retirement in April after 15 years…
