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Wanted: Bilingual poll workers who reflect U.S. diversity
PHOENIX (AP) — The national Mi Familia Vota organization has long been involved in voting rights issues and other matters of civic engagement, but this year it's added a new initiative: Recruiting bilingual poll workers. The Phoenix-based group is joining advocacy organizations, nonprofits and even...
$25M fund created to help struggling Delaware nonprofits
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — There is help on the way for Delaware’s nonprofits, which have been struggling to keep their services going during the pandemic. Gov. John Carney and New Castle County announced the $25 million Delaware Nonprofit Support Fund. The fund will have two parts. The first part will...
Ethics complaint in House race won't be heard before Nov. 3
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for the state House has filed an ethics complaint against her incumbent rival, accusing the lawmaker of failing to disclose conflicts of interest in contracts between an educational nonprofit she founded and child welfare agencies. Karen Whitlock on Monday...
Longtime San Francisco benefactor Ann Getty dies at 79
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ann Getty, a longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco who married into the storied Getty family, died Monday. She was 79. She died of a heart attack, her husband Gordon Getty said. A native of Wheatland, California, Ann Getty and her husband Gordon Getty, an oil...
Extra benefits ending with Montana's unemployment rising
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The extra $400 in weekly unemployment insurance payments is no longer available in Montana, the Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday, even as new unemployment claims are on the rise. The department said the Federal Emergency Management Agency ended funding for the Lost Wages...
Applications set to open for Delaware COVID-19 relief fund
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Applications are set to open for the first round of grants from a $100 million COVID-19 relief fund for small businesses and nonprofits in Delaware. The state said in a news release Monday that grants of up to $100,000 will be available. The Division of Small Business will begin...
Official: It's crunch time in Nevada for US census responses
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It’s crunch time for the headcount in Nevada, with billions of dollars at stake. Responses to the 2020 U.S. census are due by Sept. 30, giving state residents less than a month to be part of the once-in-a-decade nationwide survey. Officials say the statewide response rate has...
State gets aggressive in virus control measures in 5 cities
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is pouring more resources into five communities that are being particularly hard hit by the coronavirus, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday. Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence, Lynn, and Revere have experienced persistent and dangerously high transmission rates, the Republican...
Raimondo: Most schools cleared to resume in-person classes
Every public school district in Rhode Island except two have been given the go-ahead to resume full in-person classes when schools reopen next month despite the danger still posed by the coronavirus, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Monday. Children are scheduled to return to school on Sept. 14 and “our expectation...
New effort to help Virginia residents get job training
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new effort is underway to help Virginians who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic get training for in-demand work. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that a coalition of 20 businesses across the state is providing financial backing for a nonprofit called Virginia...
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