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The grant, which is half of the project, will fund emergency call boxes, improve security cameras and add new fencing mesh
Applications and hiring data are now available to the public through a partnership of over 500 business and community leaders
They showed their support for a bipartisan measure that would benefit them
Sgt. Ray Kelly, spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, said the department is considering billing the property’s owner -- real estate investment firm Wedgewood -- for the “tens of thousands of dollars” associated with enforcing the eviction.
“If we say no to them, then we lose the talent, the entrepreneurship, and humanity of those who love America. Yes, they can go elsewhere, but Arkansas will benefit from their presence,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.
Relatives of some of the 20 people killed in a 2018 limousine crash in upstate New York have urged action on safety legislation so, they said, other families won’t have to endure the grief they have carried for over a year.
“Any public citizen would be concerned about this loophole that we exploited,” said attorney Thomas Kurt
The senator and former mayor’s message of hope and love seemed to fall flat during an era characterized perhaps most strongly by Democratic fury over the actions of the Trump administration.
All told, the county’s 21 public defenders handled about 4,100 cases during the most recent fiscal year. Even homicide cases piled up — the roughly 60 pending murder cases are assigned to 10 public defenders.
Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in Louisiana, where winds were so strong that a trailer home was lifted off its foundation and carried several hundred feet.
“These are boys and girls that were taken into state custody and then beaten, raped and tortured by state employees whose sole duty was to protect them.”
“I think there is real agreement that the bail reform law needs to be amended,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees.