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SCC WASHINGTON—The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and more than 118 civil and immigrants’ rights groups urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose two immigration bills under consideration this week: The Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (the “Ryan bill”) and the Securing America’s Future...
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Trimmel Gomes Public News Service PARKLAND, Fla. – Student activists with the March for Our Lives movement are rallying around a new hashtag, “Road to Change,” as they embark on a summer road trip to help register young voters and promote stricter gun laws. The students fighting to eliminate...
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Eric Tegethoff Public News Service BILLINGS, Mont. – The number of Native Americans running for political office is surging across the country this year. More than 100 candidates representing both parties have entered contests, according to Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today – with Montana seeing the highest number...
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Andrea Sears Public News Service PHILADELPHIA – A habeas petition has been filed in federal district court seeking the release of a gay Mexican immigrant being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in York Prison. In January Jose Nuñez Martinez and his husband, a U.S. citizen, were attending what they...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service YOSEMITE, Calif. – This week is national Infrastructure Week, and a coalition of business, conservation and veterans groups are calling for a dedicated funding stream to address the $11 billion backlog of deferred maintenance at our national parks. The money is needed to repair...
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Katherine Davis-Young Public News Service CARSON CITY, Nev. – A proposed Nevada ballot measure is seeking to ban so-called “sanctuary cities,” which take steps to protect undocumented immigrants. But before the measure can go before voters, Nevada’s Supreme Court will weigh in. The measure would stop state, county and city officials...
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Andrea Sears/Alfonso López-Collada Public News Service ALBANY, N.Y. – La comunidad neoyorquina que sufre discapacidades emitió reporte dando al presupuesto final del estado una calificación reprobatoria. Ayer estuvieron en Albany personas con discapacidades para decir a los legisladores que Nueva York está reprobando en cuanto a proveer de fondos...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SANTA MONICA, Calif. – This week is the first-ever “National Week of Conversation” – a series of events promoted by local groups that work to bridge the partisan divide – in California and across the nation. The idea is to get people talking about...
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Soundbite Services WASHINGTON – A new study confirms what others already have concluded: Many Baby Boomers haven’t saved a dime for retirement, which can’t help but mean trouble as they reach retirement age. This is National Retirement Planning Week, an effort by consumer advocates, educators and financial-service organizations to promote comprehensive...