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Editorial: Welcome, immigrants
Immigration reform has taken an important step forward; now it's up to Congress to get past their usual gridlock and deliver legislation that is critical to our nation's economic future. Last week, the "Gang of Eight," a bipartisan group of four...Tags: Labor Legislation, Lindsey O. Graham, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress, Interior Policy
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Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide
In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....
Tags: Lake Forest, O'Hare International Airport, Government Aid, Wilmette, Personal Income
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Scholarship program for Washington County's graduating seniors 'really unaffordable'
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comStarting a scholarship program for Washington County’s graduating seniors, albeit a worthwhile venture, is not something that the county can fund in the immediate future, County Commissioner Ruth Anne Callaham said Tuesday. “It’s...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Marketing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Garrett County, Students
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EDITORIAL: Energizing McDowell will be very difficult
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Bless all those who tilt at windmills -- most especially including the participants in the ReConnecting McDowell project. The nonprofit is bravely trying to restore a society that has slowly fallen into ruin. That is not easy to do when the economic...Tags: Substance Abuse, American Federation of Teachers
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After a long fall, Antelope Valley is back on upswing
In the brutal cycles of California real estate, the Antelope Valley has been among the last to boom, the first to bust and the slowest to recover. But in the High Desert, separated from downtown Los Angeles by 65 miles and a mountain range, the...
Tags: Homes, House Building, Real Estate Buyers, Jerry Brown, KB Home
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For Wash. government bean-counter, a pot education
SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases. Now, the married,...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Lab Tests, Health Treatments, U.S. Department of Justice, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Tools nearby, but few homes for telecommute
Technology has brought massive changes to our personal lives, but in the workplace it often seems like we're living at least a decade (or more) behind the times. While devices like smart phones, tablets and laptops have made communication and...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Employment Opportunities, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Washington, DC, Employment
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6 jobs for bilingual workers
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than half of the total U.S. population growth between 2000 and 2010 was due to the increase in the Hispanic population. From 1980-2007, the percentage of people whose first language is not English grew by 140...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Demographics, Marketing, Population and Census, Abusive Behavior
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Word has it Scrabble fundraiser is Saturday in Roland Park
The word was tristeza. It's a disease of citrus trees, but more importantly, for Tobey Roland, it once scored 228 points for him in a game of Scrabble, he said. Roland, 52, of Mount Washington, loves Scrabble and estimates he has played in 120...
Tags: Charles Village, Johns Hopkins University, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Schools, Scrabble (game)
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Women-owned businesses increase 59% since 1997, study says
The number of businesses owned by women in the United States has increased 59% since 1997, according to an estimate from American Express. Those 8.6 million firms are generating more than $1.3 trillion in revenue and employing nearly 7.8 million people,...
Tags: American Express Company, Business
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City in ballot language flap
Glendale this year has limited the sample ballot that goes out to all voters to just English and Armenian. But critics say officials should have kept with the prior practice of including all four major languages spoken in the city to avoid...Tags: Politics, Local Government, 2010 Census, Elections, Voting
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