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Deep cuts a concern as city hits $1.2B deficit | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Lightfoot said city will need help from Washington to survive Crusader Staff Report Deep cuts in city services remain a concern after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a $1.2 billion budget deficit in the city’s 2021 budget. The budget gap is the largest in Chicago’s history. Lightfoot attributed the
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Social Security Stipend Distribution Altered After Seniors Left to Wait in Long, Hot Lines
The V.I. government has implemented a new system after hundreds of senior citizens stood on line in the scorching sun Wednesday on St. Thomas and St. Croix in a bid to collect $500 Social Security stipend checks being distributed as part of the pandemic American Rescue Plan Act.
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1 In 7 People Are 'Some Other Race' On The U.S. Census. That's A Big Data Problem
Growing numbers of Latinos turned a mysterious census category into the country's second-largest racial group. Researchers say that makes it harder to address racial inequities over the next decade.
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Shalanda Young Getting Strong, Bipartisan Support for Top OMB Post - BNC
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shalanda Young, a native of Baton Rouge, La., who serves as Clerk and Staff Director for the House Appropriations Committee, appears the likely choice to replace Neera Tanden as President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the
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Virtual Town Hall Meeting to Focus on 2021 City Budget, City Services - Milwaukee Community Journal
Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs invites residents to participate in a virtual town hall meeting with special guest Dennis Yaccarino, City of Milwaukee Budget Director, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30th. The meeting will also feature representatives from the Department of Public Works, Department
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Senator Duckworth drops ultimatum to top White House officials - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Senators Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono had vowed to vote no on any "non-diversity nominees" until Asian Americans are named to more high level positions in the Biden administration.
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Legislature Seeks Control of Pandemic-Related Federal Funds
The Rules and Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday calling for Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. relinquish his control of nearly $550 million in collective pandemic-related federal funding and give the authority to the Legislature.  
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States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid - TheGrio
Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from... View Article The post States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid appeared first on TheGrio.
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Around 60 houses flooded in Caroni Village - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The rain that fell in the last few days led to the collapse of the drains in Caroni Village, leaving around 60 houses flooded. Seven streets near the area's sewer outlet were flooded, according to residents who called Newsday. They said on Friday at noon that about 800 people had been affect
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Social Security Stipend Distribution Altered After Seniors Left to Wait in Long, Hot Lines
The V.I. government has implemented a new system after hundreds of senior citizens stood on line in the scorching sun Wednesday on St. Thomas and St. Croix in a bid to collect $500 Social Security stipend checks being distributed as part of the pandemic American Rescue Plan Act.
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Malawi: Cashgate Fugutive Limumba Dies With Zimbabwe Socialite Ginimbi in Fiery Rolls Royce Crash
[Nyasa Times] Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim has died on Sunday morning following a fatal car crash together with prominent Zimbabwean, socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, along the Borrowdale road in Harare.
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Comfort Inn will 'help develop destination Tobago' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Tobago now has 74 rooms added to its capacity as Comfort Inn and Suites Hotel has opened its doors. The hotel, which features a rooftop infinity pool on the sixth floor overlooking the island’s capital, has ocean and city views from Orange Hill Road in Scarborough and is the first Choice Hotel
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Amendment Increases Retroactive Wages Owed To Government Retirees and Employee
During Tuesday's legislative hearing, senators unanimously voted to increase the budget for retroactive wages owed to government retirees and employees who worked and were owed between fiscal year 1990 and fiscal year 2001. An additional $15 million was allocated.
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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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California coronavirus updates: Federal authorities say they’ve uncovered largest COVID-19 fraud scheme yet
Find an updated count of COVID-19 cases in California and by county on our tracker here. Latest Updates Federal authorities say they’ve uncovered largest COVID-19 fraud scheme yet ‘Out of control’ STD situation prompts call for changes New booster could provide better immunity against future
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JMMB Holdings Ltd expands to Dominican Republic
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News JMMB Holdings Ltd, together with its parent company JMMB Group Ltd and SRI, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in the Dominican Republic bank Banco Múltiple Bell Bank, SA. Additionally, it has also successfully completed
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Black Employee Attends Company Plantation Party Dressed as Enslaved Person - The New York Beacon
File this employee’s recent interaction with the company he works for under the label — the audacity of the “caucasity,”accordingto Hip Hop Wired. A Black man who goes by the handleBisFittygave a delineated account of his experience attending a retreat organized by his employer, which
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California coronavirus updates: More people have shifted their lives to work from home due to the pandemic
Find an updated count of COVID-19 cases in California and by county on our tracker here. Latest Updates More people have shifted their lives to work from home due to the pandemic A report finds TikTok riddled with misinformation about COVID-19 and more Sacramento County to host behavioral health
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‘Ncube budget too little to revive ailing health sector’ - NewsDay Zimbabwe
The health sector faces a myriad of challenges such as a critical shortage of drugs and medicines, and a mass exodus of qualified personnel. The post ‘Ncube budget too little to revive ailing health sector’ appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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It’s Time to Reform and Reinvest
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Biden Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tackling Racism in America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers after police shot and killed an unarmed Michael Brown.
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Judge refuses to recuse herself in K2.4Bn Mphwiyo 'cashgate' case
'There are no substantial grounds for me to recuse myself from this case.' Judge Esmie Chombo of the High Court told Paul Mphwiyo and 14 other suspects in the K2.4 billion cashgate case in which she is the sitting judge: I am not going nowhere, I keep on hearing this case to the end, and
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OMB Director Says Economy Rebounding, but Urges Prudence, in Budget Testimony
While the COVID-19 pandemic affected the USVI economy, driving a 2.8 percent contraction in growth in 2020, it is expected to rebound strongly in the coming year, members of the Senate Committee on Finance were told Monday.
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Biden’s budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits - The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden announced a budget blueprint Monday that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police and greater funding for education, public health and housing. In essence, it tries to tell voters what a diverse and at times fractured
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Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic terms
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Malawi: Judge Refuses to Recuse Herself in K2.4bn Mphwiyo 'Cashgate' Case
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4 Officers Involved In Breonna Taylor's Death Charged And Arrested - The New York Beacon
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Shalanda Young getting strong, bipartisan support for top OMB post | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shalanda Young, a native of Baton Rouge, La., who serves as Clerk and Staff Director for the House Appropriations Committee, appears the likely choice to replace Neera Tanden as President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the
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No judge for Paul Mphwiyo K2.4 billion cashgate case - The Times Group Malawi
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