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December 3rd, 2012
Written by Jim Abrams - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to make green cards accessible to foreign students graduating with advanced science and math degrees from U.S. universities, setting up what is expected to be a turbulent battle over immigration policy next year.
Even this limited step, strongly backed by the high-tech industry, is unlikely to go anywhere this session of Congress,...
December 1st, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi historical marker has been placed at the old Neshoba County jail site in Philadelphia where three civil rights workers were held hours before they were ambushed and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in 1964.
The Neshoba Democrat reports that the Neshoba County Historical Commission sponsored the project and raised money for the marker.
Civil rights workers James...
November 30th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
African-American leaders recently met with President Barack Obama to express their concerns for his second term.
Based on press reports of the meeting, the leaders delivered the right message to the president in saying his primary focus should be on jobs and the economy.
They also told the president that the brunt of the looming "fiscal cliff" or upcoming deficit reduction deal of tax increases...
November 30th, 2012
Written by Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - After Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential election, Republicans quickly identified one of their mistakes as the party's dysfunctional relationship with Hispanic voters, who overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama. But the earliest efforts by GOP lawmakers to tackle immigration policy on Capitol Hill aren't likely to win them new support among Hispanics.
The first...
November 29th, 2012
Written by Adrian Sainz - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Leaders of an attempt by six Memphis suburbs to start their own public school systems are considering how to respond after a federal judge halted their effort.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays ruled Tuesday that the state law allowing voters in the six Shelby County municipalities to decide if they wanted their own school districts violates the Tennessee Constitution because...
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