Veronica Biggins of Atlanta-based Heidrick & Struggles,
Patt Derian former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, and
Wisconsin State Representative Antonio
Riley, also a 1994 Flemming Fellow, joined CPA’s Board of Directors in June.
Arkansas State Rep. Judy Seriale Smith, a 1994 Flemming Fellow,
won the Democratic Congressional nomination for Arkansas District 4. She
will run against Republican incumbent Jay Dickey in the fall.
Johns Hopkins University released What Welfare Recipients and
the Fathers of Their Children Are Saying About Welfare
Reform, a report based on 15 focus group interviews.
The report is part of a longer project entitled
Welfare Reform and Children: A Three-City
Study. For more information contact Prof. Andrew Cherlin,
at 410-516-7632 or [email protected]. The report is also available online
at www.jhu.edu/~welfare.
California’s Proposition 226, the so-called "Paycheck Protection,"
was defeated. So far, legislation attacking union dues has gone down in 24
states, but similar language has been filed in Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.
