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Black and Gold: Saints 2024 Schedule Released

Fleur De Lis Data News Weekly Contributor Recently, the New Orleans Saints unveiled their schedule for the 2024 NFL season. This year the team has several high-profile matchups and primetime games. The Black and Gold will open their season at home on...

Biden Makes Historic Strides in Diversifying Federal Judiciary

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden has set a historic precedent by appointing more non-White and female judges to the Federal Judiciary than any other president in U.S. history, a significant achievement in...

Donald Trump Found Guilty: Becomes First President In American History To Be Convicted Of A Felony

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records prior to the 2016 election. Trump is now the first president in American history to be convicted of a felony.& Trump was involved in an illegal conspiracy...

VONtv Premieres CBS 2 Chicago Dorothy Tucker’s Special Report

Dorothy Tucker’s program, “Investigating Injustice: The Shocking Truth About Black Women And Crime In Chicago” airs this evening on VONtv, WVON’s OTT Digital Streaming network.& VONtv, WVON’s OTT Digital Streaming network will premier award-winn...

The Enduring Disrespect of Black Women in America

By New York Amsterdam News Originally appeared in Word in Black “The recent incident involving Representative Jasmine Crockett being insulted on the floor of the House of Representatives by Marjorie Taylor Greene is just one example of the p...

Updates on City of Dallas Inclement Weather Impacts

The City of Dallas continues its damage clean-up efforts and traffic signal restoration due to today’s storm and resulting damage. Oncor reports 190,687 customers in Dallas are without power. Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible...

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune, and Karen Brooks Harper and William Melhado, The Texas Tribune In limited instances, the choices some Texas voters make can later be identified using public, legally available data. “...

Q&A: Marvin Sapp Talks Live Recording Event in Chicagoland This Friday

The 11-time Grammy-nominated gospel legend returns to record his 16th album at Valley Kingdom Ministries.This Friday, one of the world’s most revered Gospel recording artists is about to have a homecoming back in the Chicagoland area where family, fr...

Quinn Minute – My frog drawing

by Rix Quinn In my long and unproductive life, I’ve encountered several disgusting things…and I’ve stepped in a few of them. But few gave me more displeasure than dissecting a frog. This was a school requirement, and I dreaded it for weeks. My biolog...

South Dallas residents brace for days without power after Tuesday storm knocks down trees and power lines

“They don’t ever come straight to here and get our power back on. We always have to wait for power,” said Bobby Douglas, a South Dallas resident. Author: Brittani Moncrease A homeowner takes a picture while looking outside her window pane after...

Young Girl Berates Cops Who ‘Falsely Accused’ Mom Of Theft In Viral TikTok

Photo: Getty Images A young child is going viral after she stood up for her mother who she said was falsely accused by police of stealing sunglasses. In a now-viral TikTok video, the mother-daughter duo appeared to be standing outside of a store as...

Young Girl Stands Up Against Cops Who She Says ‘Falsely Accused’ Her Mother Of Stealing

A young child is going viral after she stood up for her mother who she said was falsely accused by police of stealing sunglasses. In a now-viral TikTok video, the mother-daughter duo appeared to be standing outside of a store as the child yelle...

Texas Is Overrun with Childcare Deserts

By Aswad WalkerOriginally appeared in Word in Black Texas, we have a problem.Not only are there far too many food deserts and digital/technology deserts dogging communities of color, but Black and Brown neighborhoods are also ravaged by childcare des...

Biden-Harris Administration Approves $7.7 Billion in Additional Student Loan Debt Relief

By Stacy M. Brown: (Originally appeared in NNPA)The Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of $7.7 billion in student loan debt relief for 160,500 borrowers. This measure targets three categories of borrowers: those qualifying for Public...

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR QUALITY STANDARD PERMIT REGISTRATION RENEWAL

AIR QUALITY REGISTRATION NO. 122975 APPLICATION Holcim – SOR, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Registration No. 122975, for an Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants, which...