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Immigration Advocates Get the Goods From Feds
By Adam Klasfeld | Courthouse News | March 15, 2013
MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge approved a settlement that will expose long-hidden facets of a controversial fingerprinting and deportation program.
Demanding Action
By J. C. Derrick | World Magazine | March 15, 2013
WASHINGTON—Congressional leaders on Friday called for U.S. State Department action on behalf of Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini and other religious minorities facing increasing persecution in Iran.
WIC Program Under Appropriations Microscope
Ellyn Ferguson | CQ Roll Call | March 15, 2013
The Women, Infants and Children nutrition program usually receives bipartisan support, but the chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee said the multibillion-dollar program still should be scrutinized.
Funding secured for Phil Campbell tornado recovery
ABC WAAY 31 | March 14, 2013
PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala. (WAAY) - The city has been awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant to help with economic recovery after the April 27, 2011 tornadoes.
Cities destroyed by April 27 tornadoes to receive grant money
WAFF 48 News | March 14, 2013
FRANKLIN COUNTY, AL -
On Thursday, Congressman Robert Aderholt announced $5.9-million in federal disaster grants for three cities still recovering from the April 2011 tornadoes.
The money will be split between Phil Campbell, Hackleburg, and Cordova.
$5.9 million awarded to three communities hit by tornadoes
By Danielle Deavours | Alabama's 13 | March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON D.C. -
Congressman Robert Aderholt of Alabama announced today that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $5,934,760 among three communities in his district (4th district) for ongoing disaster recovery efforts from the tornadoes that ripped through our state on April 11, 2011.
Furloughs for meat inspectors to begin in July
By Charles Abbott | The Morning Call | March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON — All U.S. meat inspectors will be furloughed on the same days as the federal meat safety agency, a top U.S. Department of Agriculture official said, leading to spotty meat shortages in the summer and fall as automatic spending cuts shave $53 million off the agency's budget.