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Obama Boosts Fuel Economy Standards Despite Detroit’s Woes (US News & World Report/March ...
The Struggle to Survive in Haiti: Aid distribution slow, tent cities grow and crime is on the rise One week after the 7.0 ...
Health Reform Law: A Summary of Provisions The final health insurance reform ...
NY City and State Agree to Repay U.S. for Improper Medicaid Claims (New York Times/July 22, 2009) ...
Vanessa R. Williams: A Vanguard Visionary The humility and grace of ...
AmericaCorps Vista Americorps*Vista For Children of Incarcerated Parents  On ...
Best Practice Note - Getting stimulus funding for smaller cities - Washington, GA Interviewee:  Mayor Willie Burns City: Washington, ...
Youth Empowerment Summit Youth Empowerment Summit (YES) is ...
What Wall Street Reform Means To You On July 21, 2010, President ...
Congressional TriCaucus Declares ‘Health Coverage Is Not Enough’   Members of the Congressional TriCaucus ...
The Changing Geography of Metropolitan Employment Job Sprawl Revisited by Elizabeth Kneebone, ...
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Thousands of Teachers Participate in ‘Sickout’ (Miami Herald/April 13, 2010) In ...
Florida Tourism Dropping As Oil Nears (Miami Herald/June 3, 2010) --On ...
Special Report: NCBM Energy Agenda After paying federal and state ...
Hospitals Reach Deal With Administration (Washington Post/July 7, 2009) The ...
President Obama Signs Historic Health Reform Law On March 23, President Barack ...
NCBM Mobilizes Relief Effort to Assist People of Haiti A joint emergency conference call ...
Congressional TriCaucus Declares ‘Health Coverage Is Not Enough’   Members of the Congressional TriCaucus ...
A New Era of Responsibility: 2010 Federal Budget Benefits to Cities Throughout America's history, there have ...

Archive for April, 2010

Maryland Changes How Prisoners Are Counted in Census

(Washington Post/April 15, 2010) Maryland will become the first state in the country to redraw districts by counting prisoners in their home towns instead of their cells, a change that is expected to help Baltimore avoid losing political power. Civil rights advocates praised the No Representation Without... Read More →

Thousands of Teachers Participate in ‘Sickout’

(Miami Herald/April 13, 2010) In the most dramatic show of opposition in the state, more than 6,300 of Miami-Dade’s 21,260 public-school teachers took a personal or sick day Monday to protest controversial legislation that would overhaul their pay. Though schools remained open and were staffed... Read More →

Massachusetts Court Rejects Health Insurers’ Bid to Raise Premiums

Massachusetts residents gathered in front of the State House on March 16 to rally for national healthcare and against in-state premium increases. Massachusetts health insurers have proposed a 32 percent premium hike for residents who already pay the highest healthcare prices in the nation. (Christian... Read More →

States May Give Nurse Practitioners More Authority

 (Des Moines Register/April 1, 2010)  A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor’s watchful eye and to... Read More →

Press Announcement Kicks Off Countdown to NCBM 36th Annual Convention

(L-r): Cincinnati Reds Representative Phil Castellini, Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau President Dan Lincoln, NCBM President Mayor George L. Grace and Cincinnati Host Mayor Mark Mallory   The City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau officially announced... Read More →

State Capitols and Health Care Reform

(Stateline.org/April 8, 2010) It was just a quarterly meeting, with top state health officials from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Fairmont Hotel the last weekend of March. On the agenda: Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations at the U.S. Department... Read More →

NCBM 2010 Convention Agenda

Wednesday, Sept 8 International and Women’s Day 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM International Plenary: “Committed Stakeholders in Sustaining Development within the International Community” Moderated by Rev. Marcia Dyson, Clinton Bush Foundation   Speakers: Judith Pinedo, AMUNAFRO President,... Read More →

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