By Bill Ketter | CNHI News Service May 23, 2021
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Alan Cashaw, 69, Johnstown, PA, NAACP Chapter president, discusses outside the cityâs Public Safety Building on May 17 how underlying biases hinder racial justice. CNHI News Service
The struggle for racial justice has touched Alan Cashawâs entire life. One year after George Floydâs murder by a police officer, Cashaw said inertia rooted in âunderlying biasesâ remains an obstacle.
âThere is a difference from being Black and white when the police approach you,â he said. âThereâs just no doubt. As soon as the police decide to understand their own biases and deal with them, thatâs going to change every encounter, every traffic stop.â
Split attitudes on racial justice progress
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Missouri lawmakers agree on more money for hospitals, higher education
Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
The state’s budget also provides funding for the public defender system and mistakenly paid unemployment benefits
Hospitals, higher education and people who owe the state money from mistakenly paid unemployment benefits were the winners Wednesday in state budget negotiations.
There’s also extra money to help defendants in limbo because they are on public defender waiting lists and federal COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan to help homeowners and renters behind on payments due to lost income.
For most of eight hours, conference committee members decided the fate of small and large spending items among the $3.1 billion in differences between the House and Senate. The final figures weren’t immediately available, but the final total will be much closer to the Senate’s $35.1 billion budget than the $32 billion version approved in the House.