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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This spring, Waterloo, Iowa, became the site of one of the largest — if not the largest — COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in the United States. At the sprawling Tyson Foods pork plant on the eastern edge of town, at least 1,500 of the 2,800 workers have been infected with the virus, according to the county sheriff, who also heads the emergency management commission. Eight of those workers died, he said, and based on contact tracing, the cases tied…

Submitted photo Earlier this month, Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert, left, honored Judge Pamela R. Goodwine with a prestigious award during a recent Black History Month event in Frankfurt. Goodwine, a Youngstown native, is the first black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Between when she walked the halls of South High School and the halls of the Kentucky Supreme Court, Judge Pamela R. Goodwine made a bit of history along the way. Her 47-year path may have been strewn with several tragedies, but never lost was her determination, hard work and…

Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. On August 24, 2021, Kika Keith and Kika Howze unlocked the doors to their dream. The mother-and-daughter duo, known as The Kikas, had spent more than five years building out Gorilla Rx Wellness, a thoroughly modern marijuana dispensary — one founded by Black women who want to go beyond just selling you weed, to share a new vision for retail cannabis.With a massive black…

The business owner now admits she wishes she had handled the situation differently. PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine business owner recently refused to make a black lives matter yard sign.  The situation played out publicly on Facebook in a post that has since been removed by the person who requested the sign.  The business owner now admits she wishes she had handled the situation differently.  So, NEWS CENTER Maine is bringing them together for a conversation in hopes that it provides a deeper understanding for all. “I said ‘Hey, does anybody know anyone making Black Lives Matter signs?’ And people…

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Dr. Bernice A. King is part of a Black investor group seeking to acquire the $68 million-asset Holladay Bank & Trust in Utah. The transaction would mark the first time Black investors purchased a non-Black bank. DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG NEWS A Black-led investor group that includes Dr. Bernice A. King, a daughter of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., announced plans Tuesday to acquire Holladay Bank & Trust in Holladay, Utah. The group plans to build the $68 million-asset institution into a national Small Business Administration 7(a) lender.Ashley Bell, the group’s leader, labeled the proposed transaction “historic” Monday in…

The arrival in Vermont of the African American 10th Cavalry Regiment, which served honorably during its four-year stint here, initially raised concerns among white residents. Courtesy of the Fleming Museum, University of Vermont Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”  During the summer of 1909, the state’s African American population was about to triple. That wasn’t hard. At the time, Vermont was home to about 800 Black residents. That changed when the 750 members of the Army’s 10th Cavalry Regiment, nicknamed the “buffalo soldiers,” were…

By Rev. Dr. Lawrence E. VanHook As a pastor and East Bay resident, I see firsthand how my community struggles with the rising cost of everyday living. A fellow pastor in Oakland recently told me he cuts his pills in half to make them last longer because of the crushing costs of drugs. Meanwhile, community members are contending with skyrocketing grocery prices and a lack of affordable healthcare options, while businesses are being forced to close their doors. Our community is hurting. Things have to change. The most pressing issue that demands our leaders’ attention is rising healthcare costs, and…

Lifetime Achievement 2021 – Bernadine Craft, Executive Director; Priest, Sweetwater BOCES; Holy Communion Episcopal Church 2020 – Bobbie Frank, Executive Director, Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts 2019 – Elizabeth “Betty” Kail, District Judge, 9th Judicial District Court, Wyoming [awarded posthumously] 2018 – Susan McMurry Samuelson, Owner, Warren Livestock Ranch 2017 – Ann Redman, founder of the Wyoming Latina Youth Conference and a trustee for the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, Cheyenne 2016 – Ray Fleming Dinneen, Psy. D., Founder and Executive Director, Climb Wyoming 2015 – Clarene Law, CEO, Elk Country Hotels; former state legislator 2014 – Linda Fabian, Executive Secretary, Wyoming…