There were three Community Project Funding (CPF) requests made by the county that were included in the federal FY22 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The $975,000 in federal funding request was approved and will support critical local needs, including upgrades to the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District, investment in a behavioral health workforce initiative, and supporting the county’s Opioid Overdose Intervention Program. The spending package was signed into law this week by President Joe Biden.
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Black unemployment rate improves amid historic jobs report
The president highlighted the 6.6 million jobs added to the U.S. economy in the year since he took office. “It comes alongside the largest drop in the unemployment rate in a single year on record, the largest reduction in childhood poverty ever recorded in a single year, and the strongest economic growth this country has seen in nearly 40 years,” President Biden asserted.
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Student loan borrowers and advocates agree: Cancel student debt, 84% of student borrowers call for $50K debt cancellation
On May 1, the federal pause on student loan repayments is set to expire. One of President Joe Biden’s first executive actions exercised his authority granted in the Higher Education Act. As the end of the extension nears, an estimated 44 million student loan borrowers and their collective $1.6 trillion debt will soon be affected. But a broad and diverse national coalition of more than 140 advocates is urging Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to take a further step: cancel student debt mired in its varied income driven repayment (IDR) programs. Black borrowers are a vocal part of the effort to eliminate the unsustainable financial burden.
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MLK family urge lawmakers to pass Voting Rights legislation
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Prayer breakfasts, marches, parades, and an uptick in volunteer efforts to support the annual Day of Service have remained staples of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
But the late civil rights icon family had asked that observers strike a different tune in 2022.
King’s family requested no celebration unless federal lawmakers pass voting rights legislation, a task that appears out of reach as President Joe Biden and several Democrats have faced stiff Republican opposition.
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Cedric Richmond Issues Blistering Voting Rights Attack Against GOP, Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his current role as the White House Office of Public Engagement Director, said during a Zoom gathering of reporters, that voting rights are the “bedrock of democracy.” The post Cedric Richmond Issues […]
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President Biden Nominates First Black Woman to Serve on Federal Reserve Board of Governors
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “President Biden is working to bring long-overdue diversity to the leadership of the Federal Reserve,” Erica Lowe, the White House Director of African American Media, wrote on Twitter. “Lisa D. Cook would be the first Black woman in history to serve on the Board,” Lowe concluded.
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Cedric Richmond Issues Blistering Voting Rights Attack Against GOP, Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his current role as the White House Office of Public Engagement Director, said during a Zoom gathering of reporters, that voting rights are the “bedrock of democracy.”
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President Biden Nominates First Black Woman to Serve on Federal Reserve Board of Governors
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “President Biden is working to bring long-overdue diversity to the leadership of the Federal Reserve,” Erica Lowe, the White House Director of African American Media, wrote on Twitter. “Lisa D. Cook would be the first Black woman in history to serve on the Board,” Lowe concluded.
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With Time Running Out on Democrats’ Majority, President Biden Gets ‘Forceful’ on Voting Rights
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Notably, the next several days will also reveal whether Democrats have the resolve, strength, and even the negotiating skills to get one of their own on board with changing Senate filibuster rules. Doing so would allow the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act to pass. The […]
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With Time Running Out on Democrats’ Majority, President Biden Gets ‘Forceful’ on Voting Rights
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Notably, the next several days will also reveal whether Democrats have the resolve, strength, and even the negotiating skills to get one of their own on board with changing Senate filibuster rules. Doing so would allow the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act to pass.
