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2024年10月11日 · Interfaith Organization Will Urge City and County Leaders to Confront Homelessness and Mental Illness. Keep reading. A trusted source of Black news from the community's perspective. A news and information source for Wichita, Kansas City and Kansas that educates, connects and empowers our readers to make positive change.
Social Security Recipients Will Get a 2.5% Cost-of-Living Boost in …
1 天前 · Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said.
Understanding the Kansas City-Area Rent Strike
1 天前 · Tenants in Kansas City, Missouri, can report maintenance problems to the city’s Healthy Homes Rental Inspection Program by calling 311 or 816-513-6464 or at the city Health Department at 2400 Troost Ave. Healthy Homes covers complaints like water leaks, pests, mold and lack of heating. The Health Department can investigate and issue citations ...
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2024年10月7日 · by Bonita Gooch and The Conversation October 6, 2024October 6, 2024. Brown vs Topeka BOE may have been good for Black students but not for Black teachers. Valerie Hill-Jackson, Texas A&M University Jessie Dean Gipson Simmons was full of optimism when she and her family moved from an apartment in a troubled area of Detroit to a new development ...
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2024年9月29日 · by Bonita Gooch October 16, 2024. Members of a record-breaking relay team from Wichita Heights High School will soon take their place among the school’s greatest. On Oct. 19, the 2005 4×800-meter relay team that captured the Kansas 6A State Championship will be inducted into the Heights Hall of Fame. The team, consisting of brothers Tyrell ...
Welcome to the Friday Top Five! - The Community Voice
2024年3月22日 · by The VOICE News Service March 22, 2024. Get ready to unwind with our first-ever “Friday Top Five” newsletter. This weekly roundup keeps you in the loop on the hottest Wichita, Kansas City, education, local people, and Black history stories you might have missed. First up, the former CEO of Grace Med has resigned after questions were ...
Sedgwick County Eviction Filings Hit Five Year High
2024年9月25日 · Evictions filed each year in Sedgwick County have risen steadily since a low in 2020, when an eviction moratorium was in place. The filings surpassed pre-pandemic numbers in 2022 and hit a five-year high in 2023 of 5,863. The data is pulled from forcible detainers cases filed in Sedgwick County District Court.
New Edition of THE VOICE - The Community Voice
2024年9月28日 · New Edition of THE VOICE. by The VOICE News Service September 28, 2024. News for the Black Community that isn’t covered by other traditional media outlets. Wichita, Kansas City, Regional, State, Health, Education and …
Redlining Helped Spur Disinvestment In Wichita’s Urban Core
2024年9月28日 · The term “redlining” does appear in vision documents from 2021 outlining the Places for People plan, which drives the city of Wichita’s urban infill strategy. Maps outlining “formative neighborhoods” for reinvestment roughly track with historical redlining maps. The plan was adopted into the Wichita-Sedgwick County comprehensive plan ...
Kansas Leadership Center partners with City ... - The Community …
2024年2月2日 · Wichita Documenters will scrape, standardize and share information on public meetings at the city and county-level — all in one central location. “Participation in the Documenters Network strengthens the Kansas Leadership Center’s ongoing efforts to condition the civic environment in Kansas so residents and organizations can make progress on tough challenges,” said Kaye Monk-Morgan ...