“What we know from early data is Latinx households, African American households, and white rural households will have some combination of vaccine hesitancy or issues getting to the vaccine, and so those are some of the target populations as well as older adult populations,” said Sarah McKinney, president and CEO of the Athens Area Community Foundation.
The money from the COVID-19 Community Response Fund is part of an ongoing fund totaling more than $500,000 used for food distribution, youth engagement opportunities, financial assistance to students and more. So far, $418,000 has been distributed to area organizations and school systems, and more than 380 individuals, organizations and businesses have donated.
Greene s fundraising total alarm detractors, who warn she represents a dangerous side of American politics
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Dramatic moment tornado tears through Central Mississippi bringing flash flooding and leaving 34,000 homes without power
Video shows a twister charting a path through Pelahatchie, Rankin County, late Friday evening, as a tornado siren blares
Another tornado was reported near McClain Lodge in Brandon
Severe storms also brought hail, strong winds and flash flooding to the state
At least two homes were destroyed with trees and power lines collapsing on a mobile home in Lake Harbor
By Saturday morning, 34,000 homes were left without power The NWS said Saturday the severe weather threat was over but urged caution due to persistent flooding
Homelessness crisis rises across the US Midwest
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) on March 18. Also called the Point-in-Time (PIT) report, the AHAR graphs changes in the numbers of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people from year to year. The PIT report concluded that nationally, homelessness had increased even before the economic impact of the pandemic. 580,466 people were homeless on a single night in January 2020 an increase of 2.2 percent from 2019. Homelessness has increased for the previous four years.
The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have already resulted in a sharp increase in homelessness in the Midwest. A larger crisis looms when the federal eviction moratorium, extended again on March 29 through June 30, is allowed to expire. The federal eviction moratorium has never included rent forgiveness for tenants, meaning that thousands of dollars of debt are accumulating that cann
Iowa sheriffs among 275 nationwide asking for President Biden to secure border
DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO13) Two-hundred and seventy-five sheriffs across the country have written President Biden, asking him to secure the border. That list includes 10 from Iowa.
The letter was signed by the sheriffs of Wayne, Clayton, Iowa, Carroll, Lucas, Shelby, Greene, Scott, Cerro Gordo, and Grundy counties. It reads, in part, You must act now before our nation’s public safety resources are overwhelmed with the criminal side effects of unchecked illegal immigration, including transnational gangs, guns, dangerous drugs and human trafficking.
On his first day in office, President Biden announced a sweeping immigration overhaul that would provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who have been living illegally in the United States, many for decades.
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