Government
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Aug- 2019 -4 August
Volusia sets Irma infrastructure funding meeting
DAYTONA TIMES — Volusia County’s Community Assistance Division will meet with municipalities and the public at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, in the second-floor Dennis R. McGee Room at Daytona Beach…
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4 August
City Re-Establishes the Cultural Affairs Commission
OAKLAND POST — On July 16, the Oakland City Council passed an ordinance that re-established the Cultural Affairs Commission. This legislation paved the way for the body’s return after an…
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3 August
Prince George’s Tackles Criminal Justice Reform for Youths
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced a plan Wednesday that seeks to eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline, but with some help. Braveboy, who was elected to…
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1 August
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Statement on Capital One Data Breach
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This data breach shows that it’s not just big technology companies and credit reporting agencies like Equifax that are vulnerable to hacking and data breaches – big…
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1 August
COMMENTARY: Trump threatens anti-fascists with being classified as “terrorists”?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the Obama administration the threat from right-wing extremism was documented by the Department of Homeland Security, only to have said findings suppressed when Republican members of…
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1 August
Trump’s Latest Racist Attack Hits Baltimore as He Continues to Build Steady Narrative of Hate
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s latest attack on a Black lawmaker and his majority Black constituency is not new. Rep. Cummings represents Baltimore, which is 60 percent Black and 34 percent…
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Jul- 2019 -31 July
COMMENTARY: There is Not a Racist Bone in My Body
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Send her back is a turning point, “With Trump’s naked hatred and cruelty captured on live television, and along with it, so was the seething anger of…
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31 July
City Council Approves Mayor’s $451M Budget for FY20
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — More than two months after Mayor Randall Woodfin presented his fiscal 2020 budget and three weeks after the fiscal year began July 1, the Birmingham City Council voted…
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31 July
Congressional Black Caucus Launches Census 2020 Taskforce
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Congressional Black Caucus will launch a new taskforce that will focus on the upcoming 2020 Census and the legacy of under counting the African American…
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31 July
Bowser Tour Exemplifies Changes in Congress Heights Community
WASHINGTON INFORMER — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently toured a District neighborhood known as “The Soul of the City.” Bowser (D), along with D.C. Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8), local government…
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