NCBM News (June 2010)
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Archive for June, 2010
Detroit Spares 18 Schools; Retaining Students Is Next Goal
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Freda Dawson, principal of Malcolm X Academy, talks with seventh-grader Andrew Bowman, 12, on Monday about the district’s plans. The school will move to a new location. Credit: WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press (Detroit Free Press/June 8, 2010) Now that Detroit Public Schools has solidified... Read More → |
Medicaid Cut Places States in Budget Bind
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(The New York Times/June 7, 2010) Having counted on Washington for money that may not be delivered, at least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid. Governors and... Read More → |
Weatherization Program Ramps Up After Slow Start
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(Stateline/June 8, 2010) Of all the programs funded by the federal economic stimulus law, one of the most criticized has been the boost given to weatherizing homes. Taxpayer groups and critical members of Congress said the $4.7 billion set aside for installing insulation, plugging air leaks and putting... Read More → |
Businesses Affected By Gulf Oil Spill Can Qualify For Economic Injury Loans
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(GovMonitor/June 4, 2010) Governor Charlie Crist, continuing his commitment to recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, announced that his request for a Fishery Failure Determination for Florida has been granted by the United States Department of Commerce. The Governor made the request yesterday, based... Read More → |
Florida Tourism Dropping As Oil Nears
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(Miami Herald/June 3, 2010) –On Pensacola Beach this week, business picked up at the Radical Rides parasailing stand for all the wrong reasons. ”We had people come in who took off from work and took their kids out of school,” owner Roger Bevan said. ”They thought it would be their... Read More → |
September 9, 2010 Fannie Lou Hamer Luncheon: Special Guests Mayors Anthony Foxx and Steve Benjamin; Honoring Veteran Atty. Fred Gray
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Join the National Conference of Black Mayors in honoring veteran civil rights attorney Fred Gray (pictured left) during its 2010 Fannie Lou Hamer luncheon scheduled during its 36th Annual Convention. The luncheon will be distinguished by the Honorable Anthony Foxx (pictured center), the first African... Read More → |
Senator Eric H. Kearney
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State Senator Eric H. Kearney, President's Luncheon Senator Eric H. Kearney serves as the Senator for Ohio’s 9th District. A life-long Cincinnatian, he is a graduate of St. Xavier High School and earned a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College. He received his J. D. from the University of Cincinnati... Read More → |
The Honorable Lee Brown
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Former Houston Mayor Lee Brown, President's Award Honoree Capping a career of public service dedicated to law enforcement, Dr. Lee P. Brown was elected Mayor of the City of Houston on December 6, 1997, sworn in on January 2, 1998; and reelected in 1999 and again in 2001. During his three terms in... Read More → |
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
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Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, Energy Working Session Hilda Pinnix-Ragland is Vice President-Corporate Public Affairs for Progress Energy, a Fortune-500 electric utility company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. In that role, Hilda has responsibility for working with officials at the federal, state and local levels... Read More → |
