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Improving foster care placements by making program more efficient goal of legislation SACRAMENTO – Last year, California launched a new statewide program for approving individuals to serve as foster caregivers, and the goal was to fix an inefficient, ineffective system. But since the program has been in place, families...
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San Jose Fast-Food Workers to Join Nationwide Protests on 50th Anniversary of Historic Memphis Sanitation Strike — Cooks, Cashiers to Rally at Local McDonald’s During Lunchtime Rush, Vow to Continue Sanitation Strikers’ Fight for Higher Wages, Union Rights — Fight for $15 to Join Forces with New Poor People’s...
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New poet laureate to create writing and performance poetry initiative at middle schools and high schools SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. —The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors has appointed Mike McGee to the honorary post of Santa Clara County Poet Laureate for a two-year term ending Dec. 31,...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – Llego la hora de empezar a alistarse para el dia de pago de impuestos (‘Tax Day’), y los voluntarios del servicio de ayuda Tax Aid de la Fundacion AARP tienen horario especial de oficinas desde ahora hasta mediados de abril. Tambien...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – The deadline for filing income-tax returns is only 10 weeks away, and the AARP Foundation’s free tax-preparation service is now in full swing. Tax-Aide turns 50 this year, with an army of nearly 34,000 IRS-trained volunteers to help people with their...
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Broadband Deployment Too Important to Sell Out to Industry Washington, D.C. – San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced on Thursday January 25th that he had submitted his resignation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), citing the pervasive and overwhelming influence of big telecom and industry interests over...
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Meet the nonprofit who raises funds for undocumented law students Arturo Hilario El Observador A lawyer can take many shapes and forms. They can be part of trials that change state and federal policy or grant someone freedom from jail time. They can protect corporate lobbying or help keep...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As women’s marches take place across the country this Saturday, time is running out to put in your two cents about a rule proposed by the Trump administration that a new report says could cost female workers $4.6 billion in tips...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s new $131.7 billion budget is earning praise from children’s advocates because of the investments it makes in supporting health and combating poverty. The budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary pilot program to send community health workers to...
Improving foster care placements by making program more efficient goal of legislation SACRAMENTO – Last year, California launched a new statewide program for approving individuals to serve as foster caregivers, and the goal was to fix an inefficient, ineffective system. But since the program has been in place, families...
San Jose Fast-Food Workers to Join Nationwide Protests on 50th Anniversary of Historic Memphis Sanitation Strike — Cooks, Cashiers to Rally at Local McDonald’s During Lunchtime Rush, Vow to Continue Sanitation Strikers’ Fight for Higher Wages, Union Rights — Fight for $15 to Join Forces with New Poor People’s...
New poet laureate to create writing and performance poetry initiative at middle schools and high schools SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. —The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors has appointed Mike McGee to the honorary post of Santa Clara County Poet Laureate for a two-year term ending Dec. 31,...
Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – Llego la hora de empezar a alistarse para el dia de pago de impuestos (‘Tax Day’), y los voluntarios del servicio de ayuda Tax Aid de la Fundacion AARP tienen horario especial de oficinas desde ahora hasta mediados de abril. Tambien...
Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – The deadline for filing income-tax returns is only 10 weeks away, and the AARP Foundation’s free tax-preparation service is now in full swing. Tax-Aide turns 50 this year, with an army of nearly 34,000 IRS-trained volunteers to help people with their...
Broadband Deployment Too Important to Sell Out to Industry Washington, D.C. – San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced on Thursday January 25th that he had submitted his resignation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), citing the pervasive and overwhelming influence of big telecom and industry interests over...
Meet the nonprofit who raises funds for undocumented law students Arturo Hilario El Observador A lawyer can take many shapes and forms. They can be part of trials that change state and federal policy or grant someone freedom from jail time. They can protect corporate lobbying or help keep...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As women’s marches take place across the country this Saturday, time is running out to put in your two cents about a rule proposed by the Trump administration that a new report says could cost female workers $4.6 billion in tips...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s new $131.7 billion budget is earning praise from children’s advocates because of the investments it makes in supporting health and combating poverty. The budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary pilot program to send community health workers to...