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More than $95 million to go toward affordable housing in Virginia Roanoke received more than $2.6 million from these programs Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Millions of dollars in federal funding are being used to help ensure Virginians have a roof over their heads. On Thursday, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that $95,560,265 in federal funding is going towards helping Virginians get safe and affordable homes. “We’re glad to see these federal funds go toward providing ho...

Donald Trump appeals directly to Facebooks left-leaning supreme court to rejoin platform but a decision on whether to permanently ban him will take at least two months Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is a co-chair of Facebooks Oversight Committee, says they are reviewing Trumps case  She told the UKs Channel 4 News on Tuesday that a decision by the panel was not likely for another two and a half months  The news outlet reported that Trump had made a direct appeal to ...

Facebook was about to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and links from his Infowars website in April 2019 but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not consider Jones to be a hate figure at the time.

JT Klein Co. Lands $29M for Wisconsin Affordable Housing Project KeyBank provided financing for a 116-unit development in Fitchburg slated for a 2022 completion. Feb052021 Image courtesy of KeyBank JT Klein Co. has received a $29.3 million financing package from KeyBank for the construction of Limestone Ridge Apartments, a 116-unit affordable housing project in Fitchburg, Wis. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided the borrower with a $16 million construct...

By Jeff Turner Feb 3, 2021 A gift from CL and Rachel Werner will change the face of campus and expand Creighton University’s national reputation in preparing students for interprofessional, team-based health care. The CL Werner Center for Health Sciences Education will serve as the new home of the School of Medicine and will include shared spaces for each of the University’s health sciences schools and colleges. Expected to open in fall 2023, the $75 million building will stand near the I-...

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cathy Trimble, the chair of the Hastings Trails Destination Inc., issued a press release on Jan. 20 to announce that HDTI had received a grant of $15,000 from Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization through their Tourism Recovery and Innovation Program Partnerships Program. This money will assist HDTI with their 2021 trail initiatives, which will eventually lead to a county-wide non-motorized recreational trail network. Trimble has given presentations to mult...

Several opportunities for needed funding were open to discussion by Refugio County officials this month. Spending for county projects was broached during a special meeting of commissioners court on Jan. 12, beginning with a discussion on how to best use funds on a potential RESTORE Act grant. Santos-McBain representative Hailey Satterwhite was on-hand to update commissioners on the grant and several potential uses. Satterwhite stated that she has had ongoing talks with the Texas Commission on E...

Facebooks left-leaning Oversight Board dubbed the supreme court overrules the tech giant in four out of five of its first cases and says it was wrong to ban nipples in breast cancer post The left-leaning Oversight Board said the social network was wrong to take down post for violating rules on hate speech and harmful COVID-19 misinformation It overturned a decision to remove a post with photos of a deceased child that included commentary on Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims The board also over...

Facebook puts Trump on internal trial: Social media giant refers decision to permanently ban former president to its left-leaning supreme court oversight board Facebook is allowing its left-leaning supreme court oversight board to decide if Donald Trump should be permanently banned Trump had his Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended after the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol at the hands of MAGA mob rioters The social media giant said on Thursday that it stands by its decisio...

By Jeff Turner Jan 19, 2021 Creighton University, soon to become the largest Catholic health sciences educator in the United States, has received a transformational $25 million gift from an anonymous foundation to establish the Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program. Named for the Rev. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, founder of the Jesuit Refugee Service, the program seeks to improve the health and well-being of the international poor and educate future servant-leader physicians. The gift will supp...