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“Cancer Alley” in L.A., in a mostly African American area, is rife with refineries, plastic plants and chemical facilities. Photo: Gines A. Sanchez “To be poor means that you are living in environments that you don’t control,” said Donna Givens Davidson, president and CEO of Eastside Community Network in Detroit, and a new faculty member in the Earth Institute’s Master of Science in Sustainability Management program. “And it means that people who have more power and money have a way of using those environments for dumping, using those environments for waste. And then, because y...

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email What’s in the $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package The legislation, being considered by the House this week, has a number of measures that aim to incorporate racial and gender disparities as they address the coronavirus pandemic and economic struggles. The House this week is considering the $1.9 trillion rescue package from the Biden administration, designed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and related economic pain in a way that also furthers equity. T...

House committees drafted and passed their portions of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Democrats are preparing to pass through budget reconciliation. The reconciliation...

Barry Fortune Ashland County Commissioners Thursday, Feb. 11 meeting KEY ACTION: Commissioners listened to six sealed bids for the replacement of the heating system and air conditioning for the County Courthouse. Estimate for the project was $990,000 and bids ranged from $649,788 to $938,404. OTHER ACTION: — Authorized the following items to be disposed by internet auction: 1993 Chevy truck, 2000 Ford F650, 2011 Dodge Nitro, UHF Kendall Mobile Radios and police light bars. — Passed a resolution to amend the structure of the board of trustees of the Ashland County Transportation Improvemen...