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Like most people, I have my mind on the deaf community in Maine. I received an email with a link to the Maine community's information: https://www.deafmaine.org/contribute/ Please consider contributing. Thank you.

Contribute - Maine Association of the Deaf GoFundMe's:These GoFundMe's have been established by the victim's families -- we strongly encourage you to contribute to them. Your contribution will be separate from most of the funeral and interpreting costs making it more impactful for the victims. **NEW** Family of Steve Vozzella - GoFundMe orga...

Hey, this is great. Our national association held a legislative boot camp in Washington, D.C., three weeks ago. A delegation of Missouri and Kansas members dropped in on one of the Missouri representatives, and they did some excellent work!

Training for Realtime Writers Act gains first sponsor in U.S. House of Representatives Training for Realtime Writers Act gains first sponsor in U.S. House of Representatives March 13, 2023 NCRA Government Relations is proud to announce that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II of Missouri will serve as the first sponsor of the Training for Realtime Writers Act in the 118th Congress. The bill seek...

Hey, everyone, it's still National Court Reporting and Captioning Week. Here's an interview of a judge who supports people reporting the proceedings and not a digital recorder.

You cannot duplicate the performance of the human mind and ear You cannot duplicate the performance of the human mind and ear February 2, 2023 The Hon. Dan. R. Slayton In an article posted Jan. 25 by the Arizona Daily Sun, the Hon. Dan Slayton, presiding judge of the Coconino County Superior Court, was quoted as saying he believes a court reporter should be av...

70% of overall toxic waste in America is through e-waste.

Did you know that the City of Portland has been battling e-waste since the 90’s? That’s right. The City has recycled computers and monitors since the service first came online in the early 1990s. The program expanded in 2009 to include “micro electronics” such as cables, mice, keyboards, AV equipment, small scanners, speakers.

Each year the City diverts 35,000 pounds of electronics from landfills by donating used electronics to the non-profit Free Geek. Free Geek's goal is to reroute technology from landfills by refurbishing it and giving it back to the community at no or low costs.

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