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Video: GWBCC on Why Black Business Is the Backbone of D.C. | Best of The DMV
The Washington Informer
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July 30, 2025
Aisha Bond—President of the Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce and lifelong Washingtonian—shares why the Chamber is proud to be a 2025 nominee in the Best of The DMV campaign. As an advocate for Black-owned businesses across the region,...
Mayor Bowser seems to be selling off the District of Columbia
People's World
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July 29, 2025
WASHINGTON—Mayor Muriel Bowser’s campaign to seemingly sell the District of Columbia continues. The next item on her chopping block is the RENTAL (Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords) Act. The RENTAL Act is supposed to...
Anti-Israel Activist Network Finds New Cash Pipelines as Longtime Fiscal Sponsor Faces Legal and Financial Collapse
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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July 30, 2025
New York University (NYU) students and faculty protest Israel's war in Gaza (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A vast network of anti-Israel groups has found "alternative fiscal sponsorships" after a main backer, the Westchester People's Action...
Oak Hill adult education program feels pause in federal funding
The Register-Herald - West Virginia
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OAK HILL — Federal funding that was scheduled to be accessible to adult education programs nationwide on July 1 has been suspended, and the effects are being experienced locally, according to individuals associated with a Fayette County program....
Life Time Launches Complimentary AI Health Companion for Everyone: "Just Ask L•AI•C"
The Bulletin - Kansas
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July 29, 2025
Life Time's L•AI•C generates personalized workouts, nutrition and supplement recommendations and recovery tips with decades of health and wellness content CHANHASSEN, Minn., July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Not sure what kind of upper body workout to...
Former LDS Church Relief Society General President Bonnie D. Parkin dies at 84
KTVX - Utah
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July 29, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — President Bonnie D. Parkin, former Relief Society General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away Monday at the age of 84. The church confirmed President Parkin’s passing to ABC4.com...
Rep. Jimmy Panetta addresses nonprofit support, local tragedy, and education funding freeze
Monterey Times - California
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July 29, 2025
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, who represents California’s 19th district in the U.S. Congress, addressed several community issues in a series of posts on July 29, 2025.In one post published at 00:00 UTC, Panetta highlighted his legislative efforts to support...
Up Next: Mary Claire Brown helped change the culture of Sharon softball
The Herald - Pennsylvania
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SHARON — When Mary Claire Brown began her softball career with the Sharon Tigers, expectations for the team were low. They were just happy to make the district playoffs and have a chance to play. Now, two district titles and two state playoff runs...
WorldPride D.C. attendance numbers still undetermined
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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July 29, 2025
In a little-noticed development, the D.C. City Council voted unanimously in June 2024 to pass a law creating a six-member committee to work with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs “to produce a report on Black LGBTQIA+ history in the District.”...
Ohio Fire Marshal hosts D.C. Fire Chief Donnelly
Miami Valley Today - Ohio
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July 29, 2025
Washington D.C. Fire Chief John A. Donnelly Sr. visited the Ohio Department of Commerce Division in Columbus to discuss lessons learned from January’s air traffic accident involving an airliner and military helicopter. Submitted photo COLUMBUS —...
NC Republicans override Gov. Stein's vetoes on gun, immigration bills
WCNC - North Carolina
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July 29, 2025
Local sheriff's offices now have to cooperate closer with the federal government's mass deportation effort. RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened Tuesday, with Republicans attempting to override all 14 of Gov....
AFT Passes Resolution 'Protecting Public Education From Right-Wing Extremism'
Twitchy
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July 29, 2025
We can all agree that American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is among the worst people in the country. As we learned last month, Weingarten resigned from her position with the Democratic National Committee after 23 years. That...
“Opening Tonight! Barbouzard Brings French Riviera Glamour to D.C.” See all the info and some stunning photos!
PoPville - Washington D.C.
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July 29, 2025
photo by Scott Suchman From a press release: “Partners Nasr El Hage, Nellie Elana Gebrail, Dany Abi-Najm, and Cedric Maupillier are pleased to announce the official opening of Barbouzard, a French-Mediterranean restaurant rooted in the elegance of...
Democrats missing the boat on immigration and the economy
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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Millions of illegal aliens crossed into the United States over the four years of the Biden-Harris administration. They settled in blue cities and states, for the most part. This was because the blue cities and states welcomed them. Why would those...
Korean Air celebrates 30 years of service to Washington, D.C.
Breaking Travel News
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July 29, 2025
The 30th passenger checking in for Korean Air KE094 poses for a photo with Byounghoon Lee, Head of Eastern U.S. Passenger Sales (left), and Inhak Seok, Washington D.C. station manager, after receiving a round-trip ticket between Washington, D.C....
No More Sanctuary: Pirro Cracks Down on Illegal Immigration in D.C.
Townhall
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July 29, 2025
Jeanine Pirro, former host of Judge Jeanine at Fox News and current interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced that to combat DC's sanctuary city policies, the immigration status of all defendants entering the DC...
Op-ed: Public education in Santa Clara County needs a defender
San José Spotlight - California
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July 29, 2025
Public education in America is in crisis. As institutions across the county contend with an ideological shift, the Santa Clara County Office of Education is intent on implementing broad austerity instead of ensuring care, access and equity to all....
Readers Write: Education, the Trump administration, income inequality, TV shows
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 29, 2025
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here.Since the late 1960s, the U.S. has been dumping billions into public K-12 education. Yet year after year, we’re told schools...
“I never thought I’d see our doors open again”: Wilmington health clinic reopens after being forced to evict
WECT TV6 - North Carolina
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July 29, 2025
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A free dental health clinic that was forced to close last year was awarded a grant to relocate and reopens this week. The New Hanover Outreach Clinic, formerly the St. Mary’s Health Center, was served eviction papers from...
The labour market disparities of second-generation immigrants
VoxEU
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Much of the migration literature has historically focused on the socioeconomic integration of first-generation immigrants (e.g. Borjas 1985, Berbée and Stuhler 2025, Brücker et al. 2021, Fortin et al. 2016, Solmone and Frattini 2022). However,...