NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), created under the historic bipartisan infrastructure bill, has allowed Comcast to offer free and discounted internet service to...
“The community can’t wait any longer. We’ve been waiting for officials to do something since 2014,” said Pamela Emerson, co-chair of OFH’s Black Mental Initiative. “Think...
For 30 years CHCs have used those savings to provide free medications to patients experiencing homelessness, free transportation vouchers, free nutrition classes, and hire provider types...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The federal government spends billions of dollars a year in paid advertising. However, the federal government’s process for allocating advertising dollars fails to...
According to a 2021 Stanford University Study, reentry programs in California have contributed to a 37% decrease in the average re-arrest rate over the period of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Karine not only brings the experience, talent, and integrity needed for this difficult job, but she will continue to lead the way in...
“Some financial service providers charge fees if a consumer decides to use a certain type of payment method, such as making a payment over the telephone,...
Regulators at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are fully aware that Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating disease that affects more than 6 million...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The White House said this should help provide more families the opportunities to thrive. “Together, these actions will help hold medical providers and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — William Spriggs, a professor in Howard University’s Economics Department and an economist for AFL-CIO, cautioned that the government’s job numbers shouldn’t frighten anyone....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and...
“This funding represents an important lifeline in protecting some of the most vulnerable members of our communities,” said California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) Director...
In August 2020, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors extended the COVID-19 eviction moratorium to allow residents to shelter-in-place, regardless of income status, during the crisis....
According to officials at Covered California, monthly premiums for insurance coverage could jump by as much as 100% — or an average of about $70 —...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On March 16, in a small auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building next door to The White House, Vice President Kamala Harris,...
Omishakin, 44, makes history as the first African American to serve in that Cabinet-level position responsible for overseeing all state agencies that regulate and support transportation...
A former policy official who played a crucial role in guiding the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare – through passage and implementation, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure enjoys...
The Center for COVID Control, which has more than 100 testing sites around the country, including in Bay Area cities such as San Jose, San Ramon,...
The maps of the state’s electoral districts — updated once every decade to reflect the latest (2020) census count of population shifts and other demographic changes...
According to a report by California Student Loan and Debt Service Review Workgroup (CSLDSRW) — established under the state’s Budget Act of 2020 — and the...
“Yesterday, California reinstituted – in counties and in sections of the state where we don’t currently have any indoor masking requirement – a one-month masking requirement...
It is especially important for those who are fully vaccinated to get their booster. This includes those 16 and up who received the Pfizer vaccine at...
According to a 2009 California Senate Joint Resolution (SJR-21), authored by former state Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood), on the night of July 17, 1944, two transport...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison pointed to police departments like Newark and Camden, New Jersey, which achieved similar changes to great success. In...
Some Black business owners are concerned that, as has often been the case with large government spending programs, they will be overlooked.
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