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Two Studies Name Fresno as One of the Toughest American Cities to Live

Recent media reports claim that Fresno has the worst homeless rate per capita in the United States. Data reviewed by GV Wire doesn’t rank Fresno No. 1 for homelessness, but it paints a grim picture of...

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Two Studies Name Fresno as One of the Toughest American Cities to Live

Recent media reports claim that Fresno has the worst homeless rate per capita in the United States. Data reviewed by GV Wire doesn’t rank Fresno No. 1 for homelessness, but it paints a grim picture of...

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Perspective: Children Born Poor Have Little Margin for Mistakes or Bad...

Alexandria, La. — Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets...

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Perspective: Children Born Poor Have Little Margin for Mistakes or Bad...

Alexandria, La. — Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets...

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Dexter Scott King, 62, Son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies of Cancer

ATLANTA — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling...

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Cost of Locking Someone Up in California Soars to Record $132,860 a Year

  In SummaryLocking up a California state prisoner for one year costs nearly twice as much as tuition at the state’s top private universities. The number surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and...

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SF Considers a Measure to Screen Welfare Recipients for Addiction

SAN FRANCISCO — The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare to be...

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Leading Fresno Environmental Justice Attorney Joins State AG’s Office

The directing attorney for one of Fresno’s most visible climate and social justice groups has taken a job with the California Attorney General’s Office. Former directing attorney for Leadership Counsel...

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Sacramento Gave Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened.

When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants a lease, activists and camp residents celebrated it as a...

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Fresno-Madera United Way Launches National Search for New CEO

The United Way Fresno and Madera Counties has launched a national search for a new president and CEO after the resignation of longtime chief Lindsay Fox. A news release from the nonprofit credits Fox...

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