Why the federal government needs to change how it collects data on Native Americans | #alaska | #politics
This January, the White House released proposals for reclassifying racial data collection in the 2030 census. Most notably, the proposals include combining race and ethnicity into a single question, as well as creating a new racial category for Middle Eastern and North African people. While these changes are welcome and will go a long way […]
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The Point, Dec. 18, 2023: First Black, female mayor of Micanopy reflects on first months in office
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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy Mayor Jiana Williams’s first months in office. “As the first Black, female mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams, 37, often thinks about what her late grandmother, Willie Mae Stokes who used to clean houses […]
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New York VC fund set to invest in University of Arkansas intel
Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios An East Coast venture fund is looking to jump-start food and agricultural businesses using technology developed at the University of Arkansas. State of play: Big Idea Ventures’ Generation Food Rural Partners fund closed on $38.5 million of its targeted $125 million in December, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange […]
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Five States to Vote on Abortion Rights This Election Day…… | News & Reporting | #elections | #alabama
For decades, pro-life advocates argued that overturning Roe v. Wade would enable each state to determine its own abortion policy. Abortion measures will appear on five state ballots on Election Day this year, the most in US history. But the country got its first glimpse at post-Roe abortion referendums months before November 8. Back in […]
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Zhang part of ballot integrity research supported through $1.2 million NSF grant – News | #elections | #alabama
Zhang’s NSF grant will help develop technology to make hand-marked paper ballot scanning more secure and efficient. Chengcui Zhang, Ph.D., Photography: Bruce SoutherlandChengcui Zhang, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Secure and Trustworthy […]
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Alabama small business grant program accepting applications | Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
(The Center Square) – Federal funding for small businesses in Alabama is now available. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced the launch of the Small Business Grant Program, administered by the Alabama Innovation Corporation, is accepting applications for Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants. Businesses can apply […]
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Alabama small business grant program accepting applications | National News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
(The Center Square) – Federal funding for small businesses in Alabama is now available. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced the launch of the Small Business Grant Program, administered by the Alabama Innovation Corporation, is accepting applications for Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants. Businesses can apply […]
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