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Justice secures federal disaster declaration for WV
The declaration approves federal assistance to affected individuals and households in Harrison, Marion, Marshall, and Wetzel counties. It also provides public assistance to those counties as well as Doddridge, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Tyler counties.
Girls Advocating Leadership & Strength founder wins TD Bank Young Heroes Award
The accolades keep piling up for a young woman from Bay Ridge who singlehandedly created a community-based advocacy group aimed at empowering young, ambitious girls to pursue executive careers and become the CEOs of tomorrow. Chen, 17, has been named a winner of a National Liberty Museum TD Bank Young Heroes Award.
Banks Award $20K Grant to Benefit Homeless Mothers and Children
The funds will be used to cover employee salaries for a therapist, resident supervisor and children's coordinator. The First, A National Banking Association, BancorpSouth Bank and FHLB Dallas awarded $20,000 in Partnership Grant Program funds to The Lighthouse Rescue Mission today in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Pantsuit Nation is growing up. Doing it right means talking about race.
When Pantsuit Nation became a viral phenomenon days before the election last November, the private Facebook group was focused on electing the first female president. What it got instead was something uniquely American: a devastating reminder that this country's long, unresolved history of white supremacy continues to haunt us.
Congressman to Fulfill Assault Sentence With Nonprofit
Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte will work off his sentence for assaulting a reporter by volunteering for an organization that builds custom wheelchairs for children. The Republican was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service as part of his sentence for attacking Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs the day before Gianforte was elected in the May 25 special congressional election.
Kid Rock forms new nonprofit to register voters, further exploring Senate run
Musician Kid Rock announced Wednesday that he has formed a nonprofit to promote voter registration ahead of his possible bid for a Senate run in 2018. Robert James Ritchie , who goes by Kid Rock, posted on his personal website that he will make another announcement in six weeks or so, but in the meantime his goal is to get more people registered.
Seizing the MomentThe seizure and civil forfeiture of three former…
A unique public-private agreement returned three seized homes used by drug traffickers back to the community, where a non-profit organization will renovate and sell them at an affordable price with the stipulation that the owner reside there. There was no mystery about what was occurring at the three multi-family rental houses on Park Avenue in Rutland, Vermont: strangers dropping in around the clock, police responding to neighbors' complaints, discarded syringes turning up in nearby yards.
US Government Ethics Director Who Prodded Trump Resigns
The government ethics director who prodded President Donald Trump's administration over conflicts of interest is resigning to take a new job. Walter Shaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics, is joining the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit in Washington that mostly focuses on violations of campaign finance law.
Federal aviation bill considers new rules for fares, cell phones,…
Should the federal government privatize the nation's air traffic control system? The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are weighing the question in bills that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for the next several years. They're also debating consumer issues, like whether to ban air passengers from making in-flight phone calls, how airlines should handle passengers bumped from flights, and whether to let airlines make fares look cheaper by excluding government-imposed fees from advertised prices.
Pro&Con: US air travelers deserve better
More than 3.4 million Americans are expected to take to the skies this July 4 holiday, and turbulence is a given. With such a surge in traffic, congestion and delays that leave passengers holed up in crowded, outdated airports are inevitable.
Jarad M. Lucan, Attorney, Shipman & Goodwin LLP to Speak at the…
New York, NY, June 29, 2017 -- -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Jarad M. Lucan, Attorney, Shipman & Goodwin LLP will speak at the Knowledge Group's webcast entitled: "Is the Grass Greener for NLRB Under Trump Administration? Live Webcast." This event is scheduled for July 13, 2017 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm .
House passes nuclear energy tax bill
The legislation lifts a requirement that nuclear facilities be placed into service by the end of 2020 in order to receive the 1.8 cent per kilowatt hour tax credit. It would also allow government-owned utilities and nonprofit electric coops to receive the credit and give them the power to transfer credits to other partners on the facilities, such as the projects' designers.
House Democrats Introduce FAA Reform Bill to Counter Air Traffic Control Privatization Plan
While Republicans in Congress craft a bill to move the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control services into a private nonprofit organization, Democrats on the House Transportation Committee have already introduced their own measure to reform the agency. The Aviation Funding Stability Act has goals similar to those laid out in a statement of principles signed by President Trump last week : upgrade air traffic control technology faster and stabilize the FAA's funding.
Congressman-elect Gianforte apologizes to reporter for assault
Greg Gianforte - the Republican U.S. representative-elect who won a Montana congressional seat 24 hours after allegedly "body-slamming" Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs - sent a letter to Jacobs Wednesday apologizing for his actions. Gianforte also agreed to donate $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that promotes press freedom and protects the rights of journalists, according to both his office and The Guardian .
Pro-Trump group targets Ossoff in Ga. special election
An outside group affiliated with President Trump is going after Democrat Jon Ossoff ahead of the Georgia House special election, as the GOP seeks to avoid losing a longtime red district. The new campaign ad released Tuesday is the first time that America First Policies - the nonprofit started by former Trump campaign advisers Nick Ayers, Marty Obst and Brad Parscale - has gotten involved in the high-stakes special election, which is already the most expensive congressional race in history.
Trump derides America’s air traffic control systems as ‘antiquated’, announces modernisation
US President Donald Trump signs principles of proposed reforms to the air traffic control system during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst US President Donald Trump announced modernisation of the country's 'outdated' air traffic control system to help reduce wait time, increase route efficiency and safety and ensure fewer delays.
How Facebook Can Fight the Hate
Last summer, Johannes Baldauf, an anti-hate-speech activist from Berlin, got a request for help from an unexpected place: Facebook Inc. When it came to stemming the spread of extremist messaging, Baldauf was accustomed to seeing the giant social network as part of the problem. Now it was asking him and other activists to act as a kinder, gentler, online version of Quentin Tarantino's Nazi-hunting Inglourious Basterds squad.
Laura Poitras grapples with complex ethics in Julian Assangea a doc Risk
He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse." As an assessment of the morals of journalism and non-fiction storytelling more broadly, despairing view of the journalist-subject relationship.
Nonprofit notes, May 14
The YMCA recently received a $10,000 donation from the Masonic Fraternity of Oklahoma to support the Military Welcome Center at Will Rogers World Airport. More than 190,000 military personnel have used the center since it opened in 2007.