From the daily archives: Thursday, May 10, 2012
A Democrat article in the May 2, 2012 issue carried a headline stating Frontier Bingo declares bankruptcy. The Democrat erred and will set the record straight. The Democrat correctly reported that Belle Mere, LLC did file bankruptcy in U.S. Federal Court, Northern District of Alabama on April 17, 2012. The address entered in the suit [...]
LIVINGSTON, AL – A century after Booker T. Washington met Julius Rosenwald and began a partnership for education that changed the nation, The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) will meet June 14-16 at the campus where it all began, Tuskegee University. Started in Alabama by Sears and Roebuck founder Julius Rosenwald and Tuskegee Institute’s [...]
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and The United States Air Force National Guard and Reserve Commands are hosting Operation Black Belt 2012, a military community assistance mission May 1 through May 10 in Demopolis at the old New Era building, Hayneville at Town Hall and Selma at Water Street in downtown Selma. The [...]
The Eutaw City Council opened bids for the Boligee Street Sewer project at its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at City Hall. There were six bids, with Goldman Construction of Livingston the apparent low bidder at $204,522. The six bids ranged from the low bid to $348,890 for the highest bid. [...]
By YURI KAGEYAMA, TOKYO, go.com Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. Japan was without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four decades when the reactor at [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Defenders Online (New Orleans, LA) – This week, voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and most marginalized residents—will be offered an opportunity to register to vote. In a forceful decision, a federal judge ruled in favor [...]
By Susan Buchanan Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen in Village L’est and Versailles in New Orleans East were among the first residents to return after Katrina, only to see their livelihoods crushed a few years later by the BP spill. In early April, 41 Asian-American fishermen [...]
By George E. Curry, NNPA Editor-in-Chief, NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite misleading and incomplete media reports, Social Security remains solvent and will remain that way in the foreseeable future, according to several analyses. In its trustees’ report last week, it was disclosed that without any future adjustments, Social Security will be able to pay [...]
By George E. Curry, Editor-in-Chief, NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Barring an unexpected extension from a federal judge, Friday will be the last day for Black farmers to file claims under a landmark class-action suit known as Pigford II. More than 100 groups supporting Black farmers sent a letter [...]
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