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DOJ announced agreement to resolve investigation into accusations that Denver Police Department discriminated against people with limited English proficiency.

In keeping with a mission to elevate quality of life through excellent services, the city of Grand Rapids recently measured and shared progress on various initiatives from fiscal year 2022.

Mecklenburg County’s Latino population has grown by nearly 60,000 people in the past 10 years, according to the 2020 census. A large part of that growth has come from U.S.-born Latinos. This population growth presents both an array of new opportunities as well as shifting needs as more Latinos are born in the United States.

Martin Plascencia. Photo courtesy of the County of Orange. “The pandemic has only deepened language access issues,” said Chairman Andrew Do, who authored the County’s Language Access Policy last April. “Now more than ever, we must reach every community and neighborhood in Orange County.” Nearly half of Orange County adults (46 percent) speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2019-2020 Orange County Community Indicators Report, with a quarter of the overall popula...

Reply Orange County has hired Martin Plascencia to lead its Spanish-language communications and outreach efforts. (OC Supervisors Press Photo) ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Orange County CEO Communications Department has hired Martin Plascencia to lead its Spanish-language communications and outreach efforts that have thus far flailed in reaching a broad part of our community. On Wednesday, the OC Health Care Agency announced the Othena website is now available in Spanish, with other languages to follo...