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Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp) Lenoir County Public Schools is eligible for up to $14,300,390 of assistance in the form of earmarked grants.  Local school systems, like Lenoir County Public Schools, must apply for grants from earmarked funds from the Emergency Needs for Elementary and Secondary Schools of the State (ESSER II Funds). “Learning loss has been devastating for our children," said Senate Majority Whip Jim Perry, R-Wayne and Lenoir, in a news release. "We share many areas of con...

Onslow County Schools are set to receive further assistance as part of more covid relief efforts after the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $1.6 billion in funding for NC Public Schools last week.  District 6 Senator Michael Lazzara announced in an email to The Daily News that Onslow County Schools are eligible for up to $24,361,635 of assistance, while Jones County is eligible for up to $1,590,296.  "The students of North Carolina have suffered long enough. We are committed to do...

Austin-Travis County extend eviction protections until February 1 By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown signed the orders Dec. 17.  "We know the efforts taken by the City of Austin and Travis County to protect tenants from eviction during this pandemic are working to keep our community more safe," said Brown in a release. "In the next few weeks, many Travis County families will be celebrating holidays, a vaccine will become available for ...

Mobilized more than 1600 red cross volunteers from across the country, we have hundreds of thousands volunteers in affected areas, they need to take care of themselves of themselves and families first most. we have shelters on standby, they have the option of finding safe place to stay and mandatory evacuation is issued, listen to those local, listen to warrants and heed them, we cant -- we can help you replace a home, we can help you replace materialistic items, we cant replace a life. heather:...

Leaders. many republican leaders werent happy with it. nearly half of the republican conference, not quite half, but nearly half of it voted no. why did you vote yes? >> well, i believe that, first of all, i think its very important in an emergency situation that we set aside our participate differences and we support the need to take care of the problems at hand. and weve got major emergency needs. as a former governor i recognize that when you talk about loss of life and you talk about prepari...

Weve been waiting for a new heart since he was born. >> heart disease is the number one killer in america. it can happen in a second and it uproots your life entirely. a lot of families travel to new york city for top cardiac care. however, new york city is one of the most expensive places to live and stay. my father passed away after battling heart disease for nearly two years. while we were at the hospital, we met countless families that didnt have a place to stay. they were emotionally draine...

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Offsets? >> a good argument. most senators, lawmakers would say if that were the only thing we were doing that with, that is fine, because it really is truly one time emergency needs. the issue is, we always seem to have these things pop up. we came through with the fiscal cliff deal which gave us new revenue and the first thing we do is we spend more than that savings. that is how washington, dc, always works. if it is just the one time thing, it would not be an issue. >> thank you, steve, from...

good morning to you. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? this is your a.m. "wake-up call." this is carol costello joining you live from new york. its a big day. the presidents big speech on economy will be a week from tonight. he wanted to speak a day earlier but house speaker john boehner said there wouldnt be enough time to do a security sweep of the house chamber. others complained it was on the very night of the republican presidential debate. he could go head to hea...

first responders in rafts. in vermont, youre looking at i-report photos with the ground washed out from under the tracks. floods wiped out almost three roads and bridges in vermont alone, isolating 13 communities. as of this morning, relief workers on four wheel drive vehicles made their way into four of them. from north carolina to maine nearly 1.8 million homes and businesses are still waiting for the power to come back. and thats down from more than $6 million on sunday. 43 deaths...