LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Catholic Charities of Acadiana announced that it has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund, which was launched in 2018 by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The Day 1 Families Fund issues annual …
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The last time Gov. Ned Lamont and the tribal owners of Connecticut’s two casinos tried to reach a deal on sports betting and online gaming, the effort ended in acrimony. But the gambling, economic and political environment has vastly changed. For the first …
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About two weeks before Christmas, the organization has only raised about half of its $960,000 campaign, even after setting its sights lower than in 2019. “We’re behind on kettle money, but we always are,” said Rebecca Snapp, Rochester’s director of …
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As Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that nearly four dozen U.S. Army medical workers were being deployed to Wisconsin to help in strained hospitals, the state reported 81 more deaths from COVID-19. New cases reported: 3,619. New deaths …
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As health systems prepare for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines for frontline workers in Michigan — possibly as early as Friday — businesses across the state are weighing their options for making their employees get vaccinated. When the U.S. Food and Drug …
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