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The Idaho Statesman Dan Popkey column
The Idaho StatesmanIn 1952, Jesse Berain came from his home state of Texas to work in Idaho's onion, potato and beet fields. The son of a French Basque father and an American Indian mother, he didn't bother arguing the finer points of his heritage with the Magic Valley...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Onions, Politics
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City to lose federal housing workers
Nearly three dozen workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development office in Baltimore — roughly a third of the agency's workforce in Maryland — are being forced to transfer out of state or take a buyout. The choice, which...
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HUD threatens to withhold funds from state
The Santa Fe New MexicanIn a scathing report, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the state of New Mexico has serious problems in administering federally funded housing programs, and that the agency will withhold administrative funding unless the state... -
HUD: Only 50 of 1,286 Port of Gulfport jobs documented
The Sun HeraldThe federal government says the Mississippi Development Authority has documented only 50 of the 1,286 direct, full-time jobs it claims at the state port, and insists MDA provide records to show all the jobs exist. The Sun Herald obtained a copy of a...Tags: Employment Opportunities, International Longshoremen's Association
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Bell, Santiago argue with council over 'job' description in allocating millions in federal funds
The BladeA top Toledo official engaged in a near-yelling match Tuesday with councilmen over how to allocate millions of dollars for community development groups and homeless shelters before Mayor Mike Bell tried to quell the rancor, but he eventually stormed out...Tags: Homelessness, Health and Safety at School, Local Government
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Money secured for Sterling demolition
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.The former Hotel Sterling building will be demolished in 45 to 60 days, Wilkes-Barre officials announced Monday. The Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment officially released approximately $400,000 to the city Monday for the demolition, bringing...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Politics, Government
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MJHS expands its reach
Miami Jewish Health Systems has further expanded its reach in Broward County by opening its third facility there. MJHS recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for its newly constructed Douglas Gardens North III building located in...Tags: House Building, Broward County, Pembroke Pines, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Manager pleads guilty in Allentown mortgage fraud case
The manager of an Allentown mortgage company who obtained fraudulent loans worth $1.5 million has pleaded guilty in federal court. Joel Tillett, 36, of Whitehall Township admitted to conspiracy and forging loan documents to ensure clients' mortgage...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Defendants, Lawyers
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Nonprofit builds apartments for low-income seniors in Pembroke Pines
A South Florida nonprofit is putting the final touches on its third building of affordable housing for low-income seniors in Pembroke Pines. Miami Jewish Health Systems received a $10.5 million federal grant to construct the new 75-apartment, eco-...Tags: Pembroke Pines, Hospitals and Clinics, Fort Lauderdale, Judaism, Personal Income
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Mother, son team up to fight back at Williston rental market
The Bismarck Tribune, N.D.Phyllis Larson, 74, has a part-time job at a nursing home, cleans a friend's house once a week, splits rent with her grown son and still worries about money. She lives in a two-bedroom apartment on the west side of Williston, where rental rates have...Tags: Apartments, Politics, Rentals, Public Housing, Nursing
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Natural Disasters, Alphonso Jackson, Science and Technology, Brookings Institution, Business Institutions
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Mediation requirement stalls in the Legislature
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserTwice in the past two years, Hawaii lawmakers passed bills aimed at letting homeowners use mediation to resolve foreclosure cases -- only to see the mortgage lending industry sidestep the new laws. This year another bill representing a third attempt was...Tags: Advertising, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice, Marketing, Justice System
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