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Five questions with … Karen L. Sitnick
Karen L. Sitnick's job is jobs — helping people find them.
As director of the Mayor's Office of Employment Development in Baltimore, she oversees an effort that isn't simple, even in the best of times, as residents struggle to overcome education...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Local Government, Sociology
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Biden delivers preview of White House pitch on gun policies
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden laid out the White House’s plan to prevent future gun violence before the U.S. Conference of Mayors here Thursday, saying the proposal “isn’t just about guns.” Speaking to a gathering...
Tags: Interior Policy, Joe Biden, Health, Rentals, National Rifle Association of America
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Villaraigosa presses for immigration reform in Washington speech
L.A. NOWL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was back in the nation’s capital, delivering a high-profile speech in support of overhauling immigration laws but sidestepping questions about his future once his mayoral term ends.... -
Biden claims to have heard gunshots from Lancaster Amish school shooting
Call Washington BureauVice President Joe Biden said he was "literally" within earshot of the tragic 2006 Amish school shooting in Nickel Mines, estimating he was about a quarter of a mile away from the school at a golf outing on that warm October morning. Biden, a native...Tags: Joe Biden, Scranton, Amish, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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Malloy To Discuss Newtown Issues With Biden At White House Friday
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy will travel to Washington, D.C., Friday to meet at the White House with Vice President Joe Biden about efforts to reduce gun violence after the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the governor's office...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Government
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Biden says White House exploring executive actions on guns
WASHINGTON -- As he began a final series of meetings with stakeholder groups to develop recommendations on gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden signaled Wednesday that one focus may be on measures the Obama administration can take independently of...
Tags: Interior Policy, Joe Biden, U.S. House of Representatives, Health, National Rifle Association of America
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New United Way program prevents homelessness — in time for Christmas
A few months ago, things were looking bleak for Brooklyn Homes resident Christina Stocks.
The 27-year-old single mother of two took a pay cut at work and fell behind in her rent payments. She was facing eviction — and a Christmas on the streets....Tags: Family, United Way , Financial Planning, Religious Festivals, Homelessness
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PA mayors sign onto letter saying sequestration is a threat to metro economies.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekPhiladelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Allentown chief executive Ed Pawlowski are among the urban mayors who have signed onto a letter to Congressional leaders warning that federal budget sequestration could have a harsh effect on the nation's metro... -
Allentown mayor signs anti-sequestration letter
Valley 610Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has joined more than 100 mayors nationwide in signing a letter to Congressional leaders warning that federal budget sequestration could have a harsh effect on city economies. The letter, dated Sept. 21, was sent on behalf of... -
Bully for Buddy
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelThe U.S. Conference of Mayors sent a letter recently to the leaders of both parties in Congress (Reid, McConnell, Boehner and Pelosi), urging them to come up with a budget deal that avoids the $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to... -
Dealers in hope
Cal ThomasCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Columnist Leonard Pitts wrote a story for the front page of last Sunday's Charlotte Observer indicting both parties for failing to speak up for the poor. He inspired this column. I could be writing the expected narrative from a...Tags: Politics, Poverty, Elections, Democratic Party, Cal Thomas
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In Charlotte, one man stood up for the poor -- and it wasn't Barack Obama
Columnist Leonard Pitts wrote a story for the front page of last Sunday's Charlotte Observer indicting both parties for failing to speak up for the poor. He inspired this column. I could be writing the expected narrative from a conservative at the...Tags: Poverty, Periodicals, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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