Trump administration freezes $7.2 billion for critical school programs
By David L. Snelling Miami- The U.S. Department of Education has frozen funding for public schools in Florida and beyond, placing programs for low-income and …
Mass deportation helps ‘white-ify’ America
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss of the District of Columbia on July 2 blocked President Donald Trump’s order closing the border to asylum seekers. In …
Health and Wellness
NY AG takes on transgender discrimination in health care
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York’s attorney general has started a program to ensure transgender individuals have equal access to health care. Eric Schneiderman’s office …
Department of Health Services investigating state hospital
PHOENIX (AP) _ The Arizona Department of Health Services is investigating concerns about patient safety at the State Hospital and put at least two staff …
Business
Black Enterprise names top businesses
PRNEWSWIRE — The annual list of the nation’s top grossing black-owned companies has been published by Black Enterprise magazine and is on newsstands.
Establish partnerships with agencies, not people
Part three of a three-part series on private/public partnerships Securing $58 million for a senior housing project is not easy. Cathy Davis, executive director of …
Business Spotlight: ESPIONAGE AGENTS
Espionage Agents is a licensed security agency based in South Florida, currently servicing Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Oliver Currithers, Owner/CEO of Espionage Agents: …
Education
Gastrointestinal bug sickens 100-plus at university
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Officials say more than 100 students at an eastern Pennsylvania university were stricken last week with what appears to be a gastrointestinal …
KSU researchers develop heat-tolerant wheat
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two Kansas State University researchers are developing a type of wheat that will tolerate hotter temperatures. The issue is that wheat kernels shrivel …
Old error puts school district breakfast program at risk
CALDWELL, Idaho — An old clerical error has put a school district in southwest Idaho in a bind over its free breakfast program. In 2003, an …