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NAACP holds annual Legislative Day at Indiana Statehouse Members of the NAACP were in Indianapolis on Tuesday for their annual Legislative Day. A press conference was held inside the Indiana Statehouse. Posted: Mar 9, 2021 7:27 PM Posted By: Dominic Miranda INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WTHI) - Members of the NAACP were in Indianapolis on Tuesday for their annual Legislative Day. A press conference was held inside the Indiana Statehouse. NAACP Legislative Day is an annual event in which members all across the State of Indiana speak with state legislators about current bills and make their voices hea...

Arkansas Schools partner with Entegrity on solar project, use sheep to maintain fields Cedar Ridge Schools and Midland School District teamed up to improve their districts with a new solar facility. The array, a 1.36-MWdc single-axis tracking system provided by Entegrity, was inaugurated during a “Flip the Switch” ceremony with students, staff, solar implementation team, policymakers, and the sheep that maintain the solar grounds. Cedar Ridge Schools and Midland School District of Arkansas became the first districts in the state to utilize co-located solar energy technology after signing ...

COVID-19 & Looking Ahead to 2021 and Beyond, Insights from SoltecCRS and MSD became the first districts in the state to utilize co-located solar energy technology after signing a solar services agreement with Entegrity. With this new option, the districts shared a common site and spread fixed costs, resulting in lower solar service rates for each school district. The project provides Midland SD and Cedar Ridge SD annual savings of approximately $46,000 and $65,000, respectively. The superintendents were eager to implement the upgrades and aid with various budget constraints caused by growth f...

Goal: Divest from war and stop accepting campaign contributions from weapon manufacturers. Last year more than $350 billion allocated to the Pentagon went straight to military contractors. Meanwhile, the U.S working class struggles to survive the pandemic with minimal government support. Congress had an opportunity to cut the Pentagon’s budget by 10%. Representatives who voted “no” on this amendment received 3.4x more in campaign contributions from weapon manufacturers, one such representative was Rep. Adam Smith (WA).  So long as the votes of our representatives are purchasable to the...

New Plutonium “Pit” Plans for Nuclear Warheads Questioned by House Armed Servcies Chairman, Doubts NNSA Competency, EIN Presswire,  NEWS PROVIDED BY Savannah River Site Watch, December 14, 2020, 1 Chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, casts doubt on plans for expanding plutonium pit production for nuclear weapons at SRS The striking assessment of Representative Smith dramatically raises the pressure on the ill-conceived SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant and will set the tone for discussions on pits in Congress in 2021.” — Tom Clements, director, SRS Watch...