By Sentinel News Service The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commended U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) for their recent appointments of top staff of color. Senator Gillibrand hired Joi Chaney as chief of staff and Senator Peters promoted Zephranie Buetow to serve as legislative director. “As a…
Consumer Advocacy Group Helping Disabled Workers Fight for and Receive the SSDI Benefits They Deserve Waltham, Mass. – November 2018 – With almost two-thirds of Social Security Disability applicants being denied benefits, many who have been paying into the system for years and are truly deserving of such benefits give up the fight. Citizens Disability…
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten released the following statement on the introduction of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019: “Last year, we mourned students who never returned home from school, congregants who never returned home from church or synagogue, families who never returned home from a concert, and shoppers who never return home…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement following an appellate court’s decision to uphold the conviction and 20-year sentence of a white former South Carolina policeman for the shooting death of Walter Scott. “The 4th Circuit’s unanimous decision upholding the…
FREE Entrepreneurial Professional Course Coming to the Inland Empire! Small business owners and professionals interested in entrepreneurship or starting a business can sign up for the FREE Entrepreneurial Professional course. The Entrepreneurial Professional Course takes attendees from idea to business launch with information on a variety of entrepreneurial and business topics. Learn to think and…
Consumers have through Jan. 15 to sign up and select a plan through Covered California or directly with health plans for coverage that will begin on Feb. 1. The final week of open enrollment comes on the heels of Gov. Newsom’s announcing sweeping proposals, including a new requirement for having coverage and expanded subsidies. While …