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New York Eyes Legalizing Marijuana And Online Sports Betting To Ease Budget Woes – Free Press of Jacksonville
ALBANY, NY — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is pushing for the legalization of marijuana and mobile sports betting to help cover budget shortfalls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo made the [...]
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Fire Service and EMS on the Path to Merge
For the fourth time, the legislature was presented with a bill to merge the Fire Service and Emergency Medical Services. The bill ultimately received a favorable in the Committee on Health, Hospitals, and Human Services, sending it on for further consideration
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Bryan Introduces 12 GVI Financial Fellows for New Program to Invest in Young Adults, Territory
The Bryan Administration’s GVI Financial Fellows Program, which is designed to provide opportunities for training and jobs working in the GVI to the territory’s best and brightest young adults while helping secure a strong economic future for the V.I.
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Senate confirms Shalanda Young to be OMB deputy, as fight emerges over who should lead it - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The Senate confirmed Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday, as a Democratic intraparty fight emerges over who should lead it.The vote was 63-37.Young, who has received bipartisan praise from members of Congress for her work as the Democratic staff
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President Biden Releases $5.8 Trillion Budget Proposal
The $5.8 trillion proposal, a wish list of administration priorities, aims to reduce America’s growing deficit over the next ten years while raising military spending and aiding domestic programs. By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire On Monday, March 28, President Joe
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Census ready to study combining race, ethnicity questions
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press U.S. Bureau officials said Friday they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnicity questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category to the 2030 census questionnaire, but they have to wait for another federal office to
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President Biden Releases $5.8 Trillion Budget Proposal | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The budget contains about $1 billion in additional assistance for Ukraine and $6.9 billion for the European Defense Initiative, NATO, and countering Russian aggression. It also provides billions in funding for law enforcement, including $30 billion for state and local law
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Girl, 14, and boy, 12, flee juvenile home, engage in shootout with deputies
A 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy fled from a Florida juvenile home and broke into a house, where they... View Article The post Girl, 14, and boy, 12, flee Florida juvenile home, engage in shootout with deputies appeared first on TheGrio.
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Man kills wife, teen who was dating stepdaughter over homophobia, family says - TheGrio
A Connecticut man is believed to have killed his wife and a young woman who was dating his stepdaughter before... View Article The post Man kills wife, teen who was dating stepdaughter over homophobia, family says appeared first on TheGrio.
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Lil Loaded’s Mother Says Son Was Heartbroken When He Took His Own Life
Aside from having a broken heart over his break-up, Lil Loaded had also been charged with manslaughter for a 2020 shooting that left a man dead.
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Imperiled Tanden nomination expected to face key Senate committee votes | The Atlanta Voice
Neera Tanden's imperiled nomination to be President Joe Biden's budget director faces a major test Wednesday to see if she has enough support to win Senate confirmation amid bipartisan opposition. Two Senate committees are expected to vote on whether to advance her nomination to the floor as Tanden
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Martha Chizuma must also investigate Joyce Banda and her links to Paramount Group
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma is being challenged to pursue investigations into numerous complaints received about former president Joyce Banda and the way she used her Personal Tax Identification Number (TPIN). President Lazaraus Chakwera told BBC Focus on Africa
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Hospital Board Approves 2022-2023 Budgets
The Territorial Hospital Board approved operating budgets for Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital and the Schneider Regional Medical Center after holding them a month so the chief executive officers could work on coming closer to balanced budgets
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Dr. Ebony Hilton Leads Call for 'Secretary of Equity' | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The vision of the position is to use objective information and analytics to create and support a culture of inclusion and belonging where individuals from all diversity dimensions, racial and ethnic identities, ages, nationalities, social and economic status, sexual
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Burnt body, car, found in Charlieville - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
AN unidentified body of an African man was found on Corpus Christi morning in central Trinidad. Next to the body was a burnt car. Investigators of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI) are now trying to ascertain the identity of the body. Police believe the body may have been burnt alo
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Labor Members Of Parliament Rush To Publicly Support Chris Minns – The Wilmington Journal
SYDNEY — More than a dozen New South Wales Labor Members of Parliament, including key frontbenchers, have declared their support for Chris Minns as a contest to fill the party’s top job heats up. Minns emerged as [...]
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Legislature Demands Transparency Surrounding $1.4 Billion In Pandemic Relief
Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory demanded a higher level of transparency from the V.I. government surrounding the use of $1.4 billion in pandemic-related aid issued to the territory.
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Shalanda Young Nominated by President Biden to Become White House Budget Director
President Joe Biden announced yesterday he is nominating Shalanda Young to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. This key administration position has gone unfilled for months, a…
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Wilberforce University president announces HBCU has wiped away graduates' debt - TheGrio
The president of Wilberforce University announced that more than $375,000 in student debt has been wiped out for graduates of... View Article The post Wilberforce University president announces HBCU has wiped away graduates' debt appeared first on TheGrio.
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California coronavirus updates: DOJ charges 48 people in COVID-19 pandemic funds scheme
Find an updated count of COVID-19 cases in California and by county on our tracker here. Latest Updates DOJ charges 48 people in COVID-19 pandemic funds scheme Florida man pleads guilty to $7.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud FDA concedes delays in response to baby formula shortages ‘Our world is in
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Schultz Family Foundation appoints Tyra Mariani as new president | New Pittsburgh Courier

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that The Schultz Family Foundation, founded by former Starbucks CEO and chairman emeritus Howard Schultz and his wife Sheri Schultz, recently announced that Tyra

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Negative Local Fund Balances Alarm Senators
The Department of Finance, the entity overseeing V.I. government bank accounts and funds, reported three local funds in the red as much as $26 million during Thursday’s budget hearing.
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China urges US to join Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention | The Standard
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Tanya Stoudemire Appointed City's Chief Deputy CFO | News | The Michigan Chronicle
Mayor Mike Duggan announced the appointment of Tanya Stoudemire as Chief Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Stoudemire will replace Katherine (Katie) Hammer, who has been appointed in a new role, as Vice President for Finance for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to this
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Kasambara's appeal hearing postponed
Hearing of Ralph Kasambara’s appeal which was set to start on 4 November at the Supreme Court of Appeal has been postponed to a yet to be determined date. Kasambara, a former cabinet minister, as well as Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are appealing against their conviction. In
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African Americans and Other White House Staffers Call ‘Blaxit’ Story Fake News - DW
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Despite a recent report alleging an exodus of Black staff members, the Biden-Harris Administration remains the most diverse in history. High-level African American staffers refuted a Politico story about a so-called
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Legislature Demands Transparency Surrounding $1.4 Billion In Pandemic Relief
Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory demanded a higher level of transparency from the V.I. government surrounding the use of $1.4 billion in pandemic-related aid issued to the territory.
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Finance Committee Begins Budget Season Reviewing “Ambitious” Executive Budget
Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal said the new biennial budget is vastly different from fiscal year 2021 and proposes an increase of roughly $100 million for each year creating a total proposed budget of nearly $1 billion.
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Black woman confirmed as OMB deputy director – Florida Courier
BY JENNIFER SHUTT CQ-ROLL CALL/TNS WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Shalanda Young for White House deputy budget director Tuesday, clearing the way for her to become one of the administration’s leading voices on fiscal policy. The 63-37 vote will place Young as one of President Joe Biden’s top
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