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Feds slash Literacy Network funding, & more in the Madison365 Daily Update
Literacy Network notified that funding from federal grant for its citizen program has been terminated
By Omar Waheed
April 7, 2025
The Literacy Network has received notice that funding via a federal grant for its citizen program has been terminated. Literacy Network and Centro Hispano were partnered to provide citizenship courses as part of a grant received in 2023. The awarded grant, Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Applications Services (CINAS), has been around since 2009 to support […]
CMRignite President David Bowles honored at the annual Mayor’s Masked Ball
By Omar Waheed
April 7, 2025
Thirty years in the making, CMRignite’s president has received honors at the Mayor’s Masked Ball in Milwaukee as a Young Professional Mastermind as it celebrates another milestone. The Milwaukee-based agency is the state’s largest and oldest minority-owned and operated communications agency. It specializes in developing “cause and behavior” marketing campaigns. It likens itself as a […]
National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
By CNN
April 7, 2025
By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration. The National Parks Service webpage for the “Underground Railroad” used to lead with a quote from Tubman, the […]
‘Hands Off!’ protesters across US rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk
By CNN
April 7, 2025
By Alaa Elassar, Shania Shelton and Mina Allen, CNN (CNN) — Scores of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday, organized by a pro-democracy movement in response to what they call a “hostile takeover” and attack on American rights and freedoms. Over […]
Judge orders US government to return man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by end of Monday
By CNN
April 4, 2025
Originally Published: 04 APR 25 15:21 ET By Priscilla Alvarez and Emily R. Condon (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the United States must bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month. Judge Paula Xinis of the US District Court in Maryland directed the federal government to […]
Dow plunges 2,100 points after China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs
By CNN
April 4, 2025
By David Goldman and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks were battered by a sell-off Friday after China retaliated against the United States for President Donald Trump’s tariffs in a tit-for-tat that escalates a global trade war. The Dow plunged by 2,150 points Friday afternoon, or 5.3%. The broader S&P 500 was […]