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Deborah Van Fleet Public News Service An Omaha Maya organization has received one of five $15,000 grants from the nonprofit GreenLatinos. Some 85 organizations applied for the grant from the Justicia y Equidad Fund for “under-resourced Latino environmental justice organizations.” Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI) is an Omaha-based nonprofit supporting Maya and other...
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La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos está considerando un nuevo proyecto de ley que modernizaría la Línea Federal de Pobreza, que no se ha actualizado sustancialmente desde la década de 1960. Muchos programas de ayuda como CalFresh, Head Star y Medi-Cal están vinculados a la LFP y aumentar...
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The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a new bill that would modernize the Federal Poverty Line, which hasn’t been substantially updated since the 1960s. Many aid programs such as CalFresh, Head Start and Medi-Cal are pegged to the FPL – and raising the maximum people can make would help...
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A new biannual survey shows some perceptions of the economy are improving. The Center for Audit Quality’s fall 2022 Audit Partner Pulse Survey found almost 60% of audit partners expressed pessimism for the U.S. economy. However, the group’s more recent fall 2023 survey showed overall pessimism dropped to 27%. Julie Bell Lindsay, CEO...
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Across the globe, hunger is an enormous threat to children. To combat the problem, one rural school district in northwest New Mexico is bringing culturally-appropriate items to the school cafeteria menu. Zach Ben, founder of the Navajo Nation’s Bidii Baby Foods, was a new dad during the pandemic when baby...
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Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier nació en una base militar en Alemania y ha llamado a la ciudad de Nueva York su hogar durante tres décadas, pero es posible que no pueda hacerlo por mucho más tiempo. El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas está tratando de deportarlo por ser...
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Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier was born on an army base in Germany and has called New York City home for three decades, but he might not be able to much longer. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to deport him for being a Haitian immigrant, despite having never been to Haiti. Federal...
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Las altas tasas de rotación están agraviando las oficinas electorales locales en todo el oeste, lo que está causando preocupación a medida que se acercan las elecciones de 2024. Un estudio reciente encontró que alrededor del 40% de los funcionarios electorales en jefe en los estados occidentales han dejado el cargo...
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High turnover rates are plaguing local elections offices across the West, which is causing concern as the 2024 election approaches. A recent study found about 40% of chief election officials in western states have left office since November 2020. Idaho and Washington saw the lowest turnover, each at 23%. Michael Beckel,...