NNPA NEWSWIRE — The September 18 state-by-state examination of the economic costs of gun violence, reveals numbers that the committee called "staggering." For instance, in 2017,...
For more than 25 years, Diane Shelton held steady government jobs with the state Assembly as a legislative consultant, capitol office director, legislative director and chief...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced L.A. Cyber Lab’s new Threat Intelligence Sharing Platform, as well as a free mobile app...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hosted by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans, panelists included Rob Busby, Sr., the President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers; Economist and...
NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — Union Passenger Terminal was built in 1954 during Mayor DeLesseps Morrison’s administration. Besides Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, Megabus, Flixbus and the New Orleans...
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NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s Amnesty Late Fee Forgiveness Program saved residents approximately $5.7 million during the three-month effort to clear past-due accounts with parking...
FLORIDA STAR — A relatively new area for tax protection that has stimulated some interest and excitement amongst investors is something called Opportunity Zones. If you...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Pointe on Vermont, a 50-unit mixed-use affordable housing development with commercial space on the ground floor, also including a recording studio...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 honorees are the Honorable Karen Bass, U.S. Representative (D-CA); the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Representative (D-MD); the Honorable Bobby Scott,...
After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the California legislature this week passed Assembly Bill 1482 (Chiu)...
FLORIDA COURIER — Amid concerns that the 850 area code will “exhaust” in 2022, state regulators are considering a proposal that could lead to an additional...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The bill, SB 58, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would create a five-year pilot program beginning in 2022 that would allow...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 honorees are the Honorable Karen Bass, U.S. Representative (D-CA); the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Representative (D-MD); the Honorable Bobby Scott,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "If we are going to prepare our country's youth for their future properly, we must ensure that we are giving them the fundamental...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The African American community has been historically undercounted in the census. The Census Bureau estimates that African Americans were undercounted by more than...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The magazine featured caricatures of three mayoral candidates — Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Dr. Willie...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Shelby County Commission approved an ordinance requiring them to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. The order was approved on...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — In the August 19 Federal Register, HUD proposed a new rule that would expand the disparate impact rule into a five-step process that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The tax, known as the passenger facility charge, is a locally enforced but federally authorized fee that every passenger must pay at U.S....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In light of the unprecedented devastation Hurricane Dorian has wrought on the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, we write...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Over the next decade, the Education Department projects an $11 billion cost-savings from denying loan forgiveness. But for student loan borrowers, denying $11...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If Malcolm was alive today, he would tell you that the chickens have come home to roost again. Dallas Texas, specifically the very...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Of all the issues confronting Americans, none is more basic than that of housing. Whether renting or owning a home, every family needs...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The long struggle over the development of education in the postbellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the...