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Missouri Leads Nation with Highest Rate of New Covid-19 Infections

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

According to an AP story posted Monday, Missouri now leads the nation with the highest rate of new COVID-19 infections.

Clyde McQueen, executive director of the Full Employment Council (FEC) told The Kansas City Globe during an interview at his office Monday, “People want to work” but four obstacles, training, transportation, inadequate means of obtaining child care, and stable housing, remain as major obstacles. KCG PHOTO/Rick Abel

FEC’s McQueen Dispels Myth That ‘People Just Don’t Want to Work’

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Despite the gradual subsiding of restrictions during the post COVID-19 pandemic, a full recovery for the U.S. labor market has yet to be realized amid snide comments suggesting that stimulus payments and generous unemployment benefits have spoiled people “Who just don’t want to work.”

Frank White

Jackson County Executive Frank White Supports St. Louis Firearms Lawsuit Against State

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. on Monday expressed support for a joint lawsuit filed by St. Louis City and the County of St. Louis that seeks to block a recently signed Missouri House Bill 85 (HB 85) that threatens to tie the hands of local and state police in the enforcement of federal...

President Biden Signs Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

President Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law during a June 17 ceremony at the White House. In the photo he is shown giving the pen he used in the signing to 94-year-old Opal Lee, who has worked for years to make it happen.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Rep. Cleaver Comments on Juneteenth Holiday Bill

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – The day before President Joe Biden signed the bill into law, U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed S. 475, the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a legal public holiday.

Controversy Over Lawsuit Filed by KCPD Board against Mayor, Council Continues

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Gwendolyn Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, on Monday filed a motion seeking as an individual to be included with Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and other city leaders in a lawsuit filed against them by the Board of Police Commissioners.

Professor Ilyasah Shabazz

NY Professor Ilyasah Shabazz Speaks at JCCC’s Virtual Juneteenth Celebration

News Staff

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Ilyasah Shabazz, City University of New York professor and daughter of the late civil rights activist Malcolm X who was assassinated in 1965 at age 39 in Manhattan, N.Y., was in Overland Park, Kan.

CDC Director Urges Parents to Get their Teens Vaccinated

News Staff

Friday, June 11, 2021

June 9, 2021—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky reiterated the agency’s call for parents to vaccinate their children.

HUD Awards Nearly $9 Million for Emergency Housing Vouchers in Missouri

News Staff

Friday, June 11, 2021

JUNETEENTH CULTURAL PARADE AND FESTIVAL EVENTS TO BEGIN

News Staff

Friday, June 11, 2021

The 4th Annual JuneteenthKC Annual Cultural Parade returns to the 18th & Vine Historic District on June 12, 2021. The event starts at 12 PM. The Juneteenth Heritage Festival will be held June 19, starting at 12 noon.

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