NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Council’s actions were in response to city records which revealed that, by 2020, Cincinnati had granted 2,640 residential tax abatements totaling $183...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-MS) denounced Santos for criticizing the Ethics Committee’s report that advocated for his expulsion, stating, “George Santos would...
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority has had significant victories benefiting the Oakland Arena and Coliseum Complex. This past year was a record-setting year for revenue, thanks...
Passed unanimously Jan. 10 by board members, the resolution was authored by Supervisor Keith Carson, who said he and other board members have received “thousands” of...
Steps are already being taken to mobilize support for HNU. Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife and Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan have introduced a resolution, scheduled to be...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “The things we have seen among our juveniles has just really alarmed all Memphians. The thing that we do know, if they’re...
Support to bring a WNBA team extends past a solid fanbase, as local regulating agencies have also taken key votes to prepare for a WNBA team...
Claudia L. Mercado, Mills alumnae and advisor of the Save Mills College Coalition, said, “This historic women’s college and Hispanic-serving Institution was intended to serve women’s education...
“We’re here to commit to the residents of Oakland that they must have a right to vote on whether to spend over a billion public dollars...
Just in time for Foster Care Awareness Month, the Marin Foster Care Association, and Children & Family Services is launching Lunch and Learns, new monthly one-hour,...
Said Council President Sheng Thao: “The passage of this resolution makes Oakland the first City in California to declare itself a Sanctuary City for Abortion Access...
The City Administration has previously suggested an estimate of two to four years before development could realistically begin. The report is intended to resolve these discrepancies...
Explaining her compromise, Kaplan said the city needs more staff and more effort “to serve transportation projects throughout the City of Oakland, including traffic calming measures,...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chair of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Senator Elizabeth Warren...
“While HIV/AIDS affect people of all backgrounds, Black Americans have a higher rate of new HIV diagnoses,” said Rep. Barbara Lee. “In 2018, despite comprising just 13% of America’s...
To ensure equitable sustainability and prosperity of Oakland’s Head Start/Early Head Start programming, these councilmembers applaud their colleagues’ support for their resolution which will require that,...
City Administration must implement Civilian Crisis Responders Program and keep planned community advisory board
City Councilmember and Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is urging Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley to join San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s lawsuit against “Ghost...
In an effort to ensure safety as the Delta variant has caused a surge in COVID-19 cases both nationally and locally, Oakland parents and teachers are...
Hours of engaging discourse, bolstered by a throng of community supporters who packed the virtual council meeting with back-to-back appeals, got their wish in a 6-0-2...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Since their inception, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and Section 1981 of the Act have made it unlawful for any citizen to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "People are very frustrated. People want this administration to go. And let me tell you something. I'm at the top of that list....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved by voice vote, a resolution that honors the life, death and struggles of African people over this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of her relentless pursuit, Norton was able to obtain a new Government Accountability Office report that concluded that, of the $5 billion...
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