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New Jersey businesses, seeing more diverse workers and customers, are taking steps to address racial inequality. Will it continue?

Catholic missionaries first started venturing into the Alaska territory in the late 19th century, not long after Russia sold the land to the United States for 2 cents per acre. The Catholic church built missions and churches, and in the 1950s, bought land in the Copper River Valley from the U.S. government for a mission school largely serving Native students. Even at a modest $1.25 per acre, the sale netted the U.S. government a tidy return on investment. Now, 50 years after the once-thriving s...

Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands STEWART HUNTINGTON, Indian Country Today May 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3In this April 22, 2021, photo, signs of spring thaw appear along the Tazlina River in Tazlina, Alaska. The Catholic Church wants to sell 462 acres that once housed the Copper Valley mission school to the Native Village of Tazlina, a federally recognized tribe. The tribe is scrambling to raise the nearly $1.9 million asking price so it can regain stewardship ...

Groups who believe that the system of determining auto insurance rates in New Jersey discriminates against uneducated and economically disadvantaged residents are worried that momentum behind attempting to prohibit certain rate-setting practices has stalled. But according to a group that represents insurance companies in the Garden State, factors such as ones education, occupation and credit score are accepted nationwide as solid predictors of risk and are not unfairly discriminatory. "Insurer...

1 of 4 Color guard member Brad Brown, an officer with North Mississippi Medical Center, walks the American Flag down the aisle as he presents the colors for those in attendance for the Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service Monday night at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo. Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Jamie Johnson, with Wives of Warriors, lights a candle for Michael Fowler on Monday night durin...

Investors Bancorp Inc (ISBC) Q1 2021 Earnings Call Transcript Motley Fool Transcribers © The Motley Fool Logo of jester cap with thought bubble. Investors Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: ISBC) Popular Searches Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Investors Bancorps first quarter earnings call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. Well begin this mornings call with the companys standard forward-looking statement disclosure. On this call, representatives...

Colonial Regional police mourn sergeant’s death after 4-month cancer fight Updated Apr 24, 2021; The Colonial Regional Police Department is mourning the death of a 25-year veteran after a four-month bout with cancer. Sgt. John Harmon started with Colonial Regional in 1995 and served in a number of roles, the department said in a social media announcement Saturday morning. Harmon, who joined the Marines in 1984, also worked part-time with the Northampton County Sheriff’s Department. It is w...

Listen • 0:48 Like countless small businesses across the country, N&R Divine Cleaning Service in Hackensack saw its client base dry up when the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year. Offices, schools, and fitness centers were all forced to close for a few months and no longer needed professional cleaners. “It was not a good feeling,” said owner Nadine Brown, who had to use her savings to pay bills and buy groceries. Brown, who was out of work for three or four months, sai...

Credit: (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) File photo: April 28, 2020, shuttered businesses along the boardwalk in Atlantic City Like countless small businesses across the country, N&R Divine Cleaning Service in Hackensack saw its client base dry up when the coronavirus pandemic struck last year. Offices, schools, and fitness centers were all forced to close for a few months and no longer needed professional cleaners. “It was not a good feeling,” said owner Nadine Brown, who had to use her savings to ...

By A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past shuttered businesses on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Like countless small businesses across the country, N&R Divine Cleaning Service in Hackensack saw its client base dry up when the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year. Offices, schools, and fitness centers were all forced to close for a few months and no longer needed professional cleaners. “It...