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National Conference of Black Mayors

Tracking The Recession: States Push Job Training (Stateline.org/July 6, 2009) FREDERICK, Md. ...
Obama Boosts Fuel Economy Standards Despite Detroit’s Woes (US News & World Report/March ...
Energy and Environment Committee The Energy and Environment Committee ...
NY City and State Agree to Repay U.S. for Improper Medicaid Claims (New York Times/July 22, 2009) ...
Your Gift Will Help Save Lives Donate to the WCM Haitian ...
Sacramento’s Transit-Oriented Development Plan a Model for the Nation By Christopher Leinberger, Visiting Fellow, ...
Consumer Groups Warn About Potential for Fraud in Cash for Clunkers Program (Congress Now/August 13, 2009) Consumer ...
Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access? (Washington Post/April 23, 2009) In ...
S.C. High Court Orders Governor to Accept Stimulus Money (TheState.com/June 5, 2009) The state's ...
Congressional TriCaucus Declares ‘Health Coverage Is Not Enough’   Members of the Congressional TriCaucus ...
Details Thin On Stimulus Contracts (USA TODAY/May 6, 2009) WASHINGTON ...
ARRA Impact on Middle Class Families A central goal of the ...
Washington Plans To Appeal Ruling on Felon Vote Washington state will appeal to ...
Deal May Keep Children on Public Health Insurance (Sacramento Bee/August 28, 2009) California ...
GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites (Detroit Free Press/August 7, 2009) ...
Obama Administration Tags Former Bastrop Mayor for State USDA Director (The News Star/September 6, 2009) ...
49 of 50 States Lose Manufacturing Jobs (Atlanta Business Chronicle/August 27, 2009) ...
President Obama Takes Action to Advance Biofuels Production (The White House) President Barack ...
N.J. Bill on In-state Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Advances (Philadelphia Inquirer-Trenton Bureau/January 5, 2010) ...

Archive for October, 2009

US Census Day is April 1, 2010: Count Everybody… Count Them Once… And Count Them In The Right Place

                        Census data determing the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives. Census data is also relied upon to determine the allocation of federal funds for community services such as school lunch programs and senior citizen centers, and... Read More →

EPA Announces $200 Million Investment to Develop Smart Electric Grid in Carolinas, Florida

U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson visited Raleigh October 28th to announce a $200 million grant for a smarter, stronger and more efficient electric system in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.   The funding, announced at a press conference with Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton and Raleigh... Read More →

After Major Stride on Health Care, Clyburn Assures, ‘We’re Going to Get There”

by Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Health Care. The issue has been on the front burner of Washington politics and even civil rights advocacy for the nearly 10 months that President Barack Obama has been in the White House. Finally, a break through came last week. That is when... Read More →

Maryland Governor Urging Mediation Before Foreclosures

(Baltimore Sun/October 27, 2009) More than a year after Maryland officials set out to quell the foreclosure crisis with some of the most aggressive prevention programs in the nation, the number of homeowners on the brink is again on the rise. “We’re not doing a heck of a lot better now than... Read More →

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