From the monthly archives: May 2012
By Nadra Kareem Nittle Special to the NNPA News Service from the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. OAKLAND – Social wedge issues such as abortion, birth control and sex education in public schools have taken center stage and sometimes dominated the political debate this year, but progressive experts on reproductive rights are concerned [...]
By Akeya Dickson, Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As many as 5 million people could be denied access to right to vote in the November presidential election because of a series of regressive actions, including insisting on photo identification at the polls, reducing time allotted for early voting and eliminating [...]
By The Associated Press Baltimore, MD (May 22, 2012) — NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group’s resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage Blacks to support marriage equality as a civil right if the question is put to voters on the ballot in Maryland or other states. The civil [...]
At the May 14 call meeting of the Greene County Board of Education several decisions were made toward construction of the new high school, including: *The Program Budget was revised from $10,661,000 to $18,500,000 to allow for partial design of Phase 3 of the new High School facility. Based on potential available funds the total [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher The Eutaw City Council met for its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 22 and decided to give all city employees a five per cent (5%) raise and to raise some selected employees by more. They also agreed to support hosting the 40th anniversary meeting of the Alabama [...]
Superintendent Dr. Emma Louie is urging the citizens of Greene County to vote for the three mill school tax in the November 6, 2012 election. This bill has been passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. The next step is up to the voting public. The voting pubic will be the ones to [...]
On Monday, May 14, workers from the Perry County Highway Department under the direction of Perry County Engineer DeAndre Kimble began work on the roads in Branch Heights. While this isn’t the repaving the residents had been promised over four years ago, it is a significant effort to repair some of the worse potholes and [...]
On May 11, the bingo distribution from Greenetrack ($65,333,34), Greene Charity ($51,226.67); YPAO, operating as Lucky Star Bingo in the Comfort Inn ($30,000) and Frontier Bingo (($28, 156) was given to the various entities entitled to the money according to the rules and regulations established by Sheriff Joe Benison and HB71 Receiving money [...]
Eutaw city workers, all of the street and utility workers, staged a one day work stoppage on Monday, May 14, 2012 to protest inaction by the Mayor and City Council on a raise. The raise had been promised for several months but never officially approved by the City Council. Later that day the [...]
ALABAMA – By the end of the day on Wednesday, Operation “Alabama Black Belt 2012,” operated through the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training Program, tracked more than 29,000 patient encounters. The Department of Defense estimates that is around 22,000 individuals, a number that quadrupled expectations. From May 1 to 10, residents and [...]
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