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‘Unabashed Assault on Voting Rights’: Georgia Governor Signs Sweeping Elections Bill, Makes It Illegal to Provide Water to Voters In Line

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By Niara Savage | March 26, 2021 (Source: www.atlantablackstar.com) – Within a matter of hours, a sweeping elections bill passed both chambers of the Georgia Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday evening. The new […]

Children’s Defense Fund: State of America’s Children Reveals that Children of Color are 71 Percent of Those That Live in Poverty

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, – NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) Part One of an ongoing series on this impactful and informative report. “While we reported on the 73 million […]

Scientist Turned Vintner Honors Late Father With World’s First Natural Blue Wine

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(ource: www.travelnoire.com) Black Owned Business , Wine – By Nasha Smith • Mar 25, 2021 – Coviello Salinès’ Amour Genève wine is inextricably linked to his father Freddie Francisco Salinès. For one, the trademark electric blue shade is a […]

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Announces Ten Consecutive Months of Job Growth, Lowering Unemployment Rate to 4.7 Percent

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(Source: Orlando Advocate ) – ORLANDO ADVOCATE — By Kevin Seraaj“Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, our state’s economy has bounced back tremendously from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Dane Eagle, Executive Director of the Florida […]

Uptown Magazine Announces A Trailblazing Lineup for Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood; Music Edition

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Suource: Kita@GreyheartCreative.com – UPTOWN Ventures Group, the parent company of UPTOWN Magazine, with title sponsor Lexus, today announced the honorees for the prestigious LEXUS UPTOWN HONORS HOLLYWOOD. The awards show will be celebrating music trailblazers on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. […]

Jemele Hill Inks Deal With New Sports Company Meadowlark Media

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By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris (Source: rollingout.com) | March 29, 2021 | 0 – Sports journalist Jemele Hill has been named as one of the new creative advisers to Meadowlark Media. Meadowlark Media is a content venture created in […]

Students of Color Affected By Lack of Digital Connection

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By Daryl Moore – Special to the AFRO – (www.afro.com) – “The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the challenges digitally disconnected students face like nothing else,” Student Internet Equity Coalition Founder Donna Rattley Washington told the […]

Videos of Black People Dying Get Attention — But at What Cost?

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IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline to May 17

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By WI Web Staff – (Source: www.westsidegazette.com) – The IRS has delayed the April 15 tax deadline until May 17 this year as the agency attempts to process both tax refunds and a third round […]

Insurance, K9S and Weed Among Cabinet Legislative Priorities

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – (Source: www.sfltimes.com) – Florida Chief Financial Ofﬁcer Jimmy Patronis wants to make navigating insurance claims more consumer friendly, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wants to ﬁght hunger and Attorney General Ashley Moody […]